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Driver who narrowly avoided Skagit River Bridge collapse reflects on 2013 incident
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It's been 10 years since the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River collapsed, plunging three people and two vehicles into the water below.
A section of the bridge fell into the water on May 23, 2013 after a truck carrying a tall load hit the bridge in Mount Vernon, about 60 miles north of Seattle. Two vehicles fell into the Skagit River and three people were rescued with minor injuries.
Chris Jennings remembers the collapse all too well. He had just left work, driving across the bridge shortly before the incident.
"If I had been at work five more minutes before I left, I very well could have been in that mess," Jennings said.
Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/infrastructure/skagit-river-bridge-collapsed-10-years-ago-today/281-2a61ff3e-9666-4317-a05e-79d94eb8b2da