California highway section collapses in heavy rain, 1 hurt
LOS ANGELES -- An elevated section of Interstate 10 has collapsed amid heavy rains in a remote desert area of California, cutting off traffic between California and Arizona and leaving a driver injured.
The California Highway Patrol says a bridge that carries eastbound I-10 across a wash about 50 miles west of the Arizona state line washed away early Sunday evening, forcing them to turn around traffic headed toward Arizona.
The westbound side of the freeway remained intact, but traffic was being stopped while it was checked.
The Riverside County Fire Department said it had to extract a driver who crashed in the collapse. The person was taken to a hospital with moderate injuries.