{"id":175650,"date":"2026-02-12T22:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T22:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/175650\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T22:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T22:59:10","slug":"trucker-rescued-from-i-5-crash-with-cab-dangling-over-river-star-94-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/175650\/","title":{"rendered":"Trucker Rescued From I-5 Crash With Cab Dangling Over River | STAR 94.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emergency crews safely rescued a trucker whose big rig crashed partway off a rain-slick freeway bridge in Oceanside early Wednesday, leaving the driver suspended some seven stories above the San Luis Rey River.<\/p>\n<p>The non-injury accident took place at about 5 a.m. Wednesday on northbound Interstate 805, just south of Harbor Drive, according to the Oceanside Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews arrived to find the cab of the tractor-trailer hanging off the edge of the San Luis Rey Bridge with the driver trapped inside about 70 feet above ground level, the city agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters stabilized the vehicle, then removed its rear cab window, allowing them to pull the trucker to safety.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Oceanside Fire Department reminds motorists to exercise caution during wet-weather conditions,&#8221; OFD officials noted in a prepared statement. &#8220;If possible, avoid unnecessary travel during rain [and otherwise] reduce speed and maintain safe following distances behind other vehicles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(photo: X)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emergency crews safely rescued a trucker whose big rig crashed partway off a rain-slick freeway bridge in Oceanside&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[7,3282,74,1856,1857,1858,76,75,1855,26948],"class_list":["post-175650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-california","tag-oceanside","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-celebrities","tag-san-diego-concerts","tag-san-diego-events","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-san-diego-photos","tag-trucker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}