Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster Florida 1980 Images All Disaster

Skyway bridge disaster 39 years ago

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…

Remembering The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse of 1980 WUSF Public Media

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.

1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster video

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.

Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster / 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster

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.

Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster Florida 1980 Images All Disaster

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

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.

Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster Florida 1980 Images All Disaster

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.

Tampa Sunshine Skyway bridge collapse after ship collision r

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 Accident. May 9 1980 Documentary On Sunshine

[ 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

Today marks 38 years since tragic Sunshine Skyway crash, collapse. Thirty-eight years ago today, a freighter ran into the Sunshine Skyway Bridge sending part of the span plummeting into Tampa Bay.

Remembering The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse of 1980 WGCU PBS

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.

Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster / 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster

On the night of January 28, 1980, the United States Coast Guard cutter Blackthorn collided with the tanker Capricorn just west of the bridge, resulting in the sinking of the cutter with the loss of 23 crew members in the worst peacetime disaster in the history of the US Coast Guard.

Fiery Skyway Crash Caused by Faulty Tire, FHP Says Tampa Bay Reporter

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.

1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster video

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.

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

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.

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

Petersburg Times ] As part of our coverage of the 40th anniversary of the Sunshine Skyway bridge disaster, we are republishing this narrative written on May 9, 1980. The story ran on the front.