TWO INJURED WHEN TRUCK HITS WASHED-OUT BRIDGE, BURSTS INTO FLAMES

Two men are lucky to be alive after their truck landed short over a washed out bridge caused by severe thunder storms early Tuesday morning. According to County Fire Battalion Chief Mike Snow, paramedics were called to a crash on National Trails Highway in Danby, just east of Cadiz, about 5 a.m. While the bridge over a wash had just been washed out, the men, employees of a gas pipeline company, were unaware of the washed out bridge and attempted to drive their truck over the bridge to the other side. The truck landed short with the front axle catching the trench on the other side. Snow said the truck instantly burst into flames upon landing but the men were able to get out of the truck on their own. The truck was a total loss. The men were flown to a hospital in Las Vegas for treatment of moderate injuries.