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the quake struck, several key access
W outes to the Santa Clarita Valley were

locked as overpasses and bridges came
tumbling to the ground. One person was killed, and
several others hurt, but it was clear the death toll
would have been much higher had the quake
occurred just a couple of hours later, during the
morning commute. In the weeks that followed,
commuters would try alternate means of getting to
work - or they'd just sit in traffic, realizing things
would not be the same for some time to come.

Crumbled
For some, the most frightening image of the
earthquake was the Highway 14-lnterstate 5
interchange. Sections of the overpasses were jolted to
the ground. Shortly after the quake, Clarence W. Dean,
a 46-year-old Los Angeles Police Department officer,
fell to his death when he drove his motorcycle over the
edge, still cloaked in darkness.

SHAUN DYER

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