Firemen put out a blaze after a truck crashed into Chef bridge. A 39-year-old Tampa, Florida truck driver was seriously burned when his moving van crashed into the Chef bridge early today and its gas tanks exploded. State Highway Department technicians were called in to check the possibility of structural damage to the bridge from the intense heat of the blazing truck. Traffic on the busy Chef Highway was jammed for several hours.

Photo is dated 1957.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.