Skyway bridge disaster 39 years ago

Remembering The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse of 1980 WGCU PBS

0:30. Today is the 43rd anniversary of the Sunshine Skyway bridge disaster. On this day in 1980 the freighter Summit Venture struck the bridge that joined St. Petersburg and Bradenton during a.

Skyway bridge disaster 39 years ago

It was 42 years ago that the storm-blinded freighter Summit Venture crashed into the support columns of the Sunshine Skyway bridge, causing a 1,200-foot span of the bridge to collapse into the.

1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster video

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A 50-year-old motorcyclist from St. Petersburg died Thursday morning after he was overrun by a tractor-trailer on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, according to.

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We remember a deadly accident on Florida's Sunshine Skyway Bridge 35 years ago Saturday. We hear from survivors and find out what changes were made after the crash of a ship onto the.

Photos 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster in Tampa Bay, Florida

May 09, 2020 A car that was driven by Dick Hornbuckle is halted at the edge of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge across Tampa Bay, Florida, after the freighter Summit Venture struck the bridge.

Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster Florida 1980 Images All Disaster

But this week as we drive across the impressive structure, we remember it's dark history. On May 9, 1980, tragedy struck. A freight ship crashed into the support columns, causing 1,200 feet of the.

Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster Florida 1980 Images All Disaster

Right Now Tampa, FL » 62° The Summit Venture freighter ship crashed into the old Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay on May 9, 1980. It happened during a storm.

Remembering The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse of 1980 WUSF Public Media

The new Sunshine Skyway Memorial was unveiled Saturday, 5/9/15, at a public dedication ceremony remembering the 35th anniversary of the tragic bridge accident that killed 35 people. TIMES files.

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster Tragedy Over Tampa Bay WUSF

Part five in a series. At 7:34 a.m. Friday, May 9, 1980, Wesley MacIntire was driving his Ford Courier pickup over the southbound span of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, headed for his job at a meat-delivery business. Just after he threw his two quarters into the tollbooth basket, he would later testify, the steady rain turned cyclonic.

After 39 years, Tampa Bay still reflects on the tragedy of the Sunshine

Published May 8, 2020 | Updated May 11, 2020 Saturday marks 40 years since the 19,734-ton Summit Venture freighter slammed into the old Skyway bridge. Six cars, a truck and a Greyhound bus.

Skyway bridge disaster 1980. A freighter, Summit Venture, caught in

60° Weather A rideshare driver and one of his passengers were killed after a wrong-way driver collided head-on with the van Wednesday night on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.

Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster / 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster

[ Courtesy of Michael Betz ] A waitress interrupted breakfast with what Raiola thought was a bad joke: "The Skyway just got hit." Soon a crackling radio call from their boss confirmed it: There.

Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster / 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster

This is the actual Mayday call pilot John Lerro made to the Coast Guard on May 9, 1980 when the Summit Venture hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. On May 9, 1980, tragedy struck Tampa Bay when a 600.

Traffic crash on Sunshine Skyway Bridge causing delays northbound

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — Authorities responded to a crash that ended with a vehicle hanging over a wall on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge Friday morning. FDOT cameras showed traffic backed up.

Wrongway driver killed in crash on Sunshine Skyway Bridge

Bentley declared the Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster "an act of God." He also reinstated Lerro's suspended pilot license, which had been stripped away after the accident. Lerro, however, soon found himself suffering from MS and stopped piloting. Instead, he spent his time answering crisis phone lines and helping others, according to Yerrid.

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge plunged into Tampa Bay 38 years ago Tampa

It was Friday, May 9, 1980 -- at 7:33 am -- when the freighter Summit Venture rammed into the Sunshine Skyway Bridge during a severe storm. The bridge's…