I pulled off the interstate to fill up my tank and was shocked to see this:

At first glance I thought the truck itself had some sort of issue, then I realized the road had collapsed beneath it. The fire department was there. These were the best pictures I could get with my cell phone. I’m going to start carrying my purple polaroid digital camera in my car. I was going to sell it or give it away but dammit I’m keeping it for stuff like this. I was there before the stupid news crews.

KMOV was there first and they didn’t even post pictures yet:

Tractor-trailer gets stuck after road collapses near McKinley Bridge

08:56 AM CST on Wednesday, February 11, 2009

(KMOV) – Flash flooding has created some big messes on the roads.

One particularly rough spot is in north St Louis where a street has buckled, causing some traffic concerns.

It happened at 11th and Salisbury around 7:15 a.m. on Wednesday.

This is not far from Interstate 70 and the McKinley Bridge.