Bay Area Bridge Disaster Raises Questions for San Diego Officials

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Published May 9, 2007 at 9:17 AM PDT

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

A single traffic accident in Oakland destroyed a major thoroughfare and disrupted life for thousands of people. What if that happened on a San Diego freeway? Local law enforcement tells us how we prep

Alison St John (Guest Host): When you saw the pictures of the tanker truck accident that brought down a San Francisco overpass recently, did the question cross your mind: "What if that were to happen on the freeway I commute on every day, here in San Diego?" We've invited two people who work in emergency preparedness in San Diego to talk to us about that hypothetical question: "How would law enforcement agencies respond to such a situation and what kind of planning has gone into preparing for it?"

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Lt. Sherri Sarro , head of Critical Incident Management for the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.
Officer Brad Baehr , spokesman for San Diego Division of California Highway Patrol.