Five trucks engulfed in flames in tunnel

A 15-truck pile-up on a rain-slicked southern California freeway left 10 people injured, at least one missing and severed a key transit link between Los Angeles and San Francisco, authorities said.

Five trucks engulfed in flames in tunnel

A 15-truck pile-up on a rain-slicked southern California freeway left 10 people injured, at least one missing and severed a key transit link between Los Angeles and San Francisco, authorities said.

Fire Inspector Jason Hurd said the accident - the wreckage stretching a half mile (800 kilometres) - began when two trucks collided late Friday and started a chain reaction in Interstate 5's southbound truck-only tunnels.

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