Big Rig Driver Chokes On Popcorn, Crashes

A tanker truck hauling apple juice ran off Interstate 5, through a fence, and crashed into a tree in a nearby neighborhood Friday after the driver choked on popcorn. According to the California Highway Patrol the tanker nearly avoided crashing into a home on Helen Street near Bechelli Lane. The vehicle was stopped by a tree, only 10 feet from a bedroom occupied by two children. A CHP officer on the scene said, the truck would have gone into the home if it weren’t for the tree.