Friday marked the 45th anniversary of one of the Tampa Bay area's worst tragedies, when a freighter hit the Sunshine Skyway ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - May 9, 1980 is a day that will always be remembered with great sadness along the Suncoast. Especially ...

On May 9, 1980, a freighter struck a support column of the old bridge during the morning rush hour. Six cars, a truck and a Greyhound bus plunged into the water.

At 7:33 a.m. on May 9, 1980, the 606-foot Summit Venture crashed into the western span of the bridge during a storm.

Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders received a 911 transfer of the man's situation around 7:34 a.m. Saturday.

“I said a soft prayer for everybody I handled; I apologized for the rough treatment that I was going to give them, that I ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — A boater was rescued by the U. S. Coast Guard near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge early Saturday morning following the capsizing of his 15-foot vessel.

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla — The Sunshine Skyway Bridge looms large over Tampa ... protected in the world after the 1980 collapse The old bridge was demolished, but construction crews kept both ...

A crash caused major traffic delays on the northbound side of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge on Thursday morning ... the driver of the Silverado, a 25-year-old Wimauma man, went to the hospital ...

The new "Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge" was rebuilt seven years later and features new safety bumpers called "dolphin" ...

A Florida man was rescued by the Coast Guard after his boat capsized on Saturday morning in the vicinity of the Sunshine ...