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Old Jan 10, 2008 | 04:37 PM
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For the third time in past year another tanker truck crash and exploded on Interstate 75 near my house. Unfortunately this accident had a fatality. The article says I75 at Outer Drive, it was about 1.5 miles further down 75 at Dearborn Ave. http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/15018885/detail.html
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Old Jan 10, 2008 | 05:01 PM
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wow, we had a tanker flip and spill all over yesterday, luckily there was no explosion and no fatalities but it spilled a ton of gas into our drains.
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Old Jan 10, 2008 | 05:14 PM
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Lucky for you all. If this would have happen 300 yds. back, instead of that house catching fire, it would have been my church
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Old Jan 10, 2008 | 08:10 PM
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remember the one that burned up the bridge ? i think it was the i-94 exit from i-75 ?
my dads buddy works for the det. fire dep. he helped get that guys remains out of that one.
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Old Jan 10, 2008 | 09:39 PM
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i think it was the i-94 exit from i-75
Yes I do. Those did nothing compared to the damge of this one. I-75 from Schaefer to Springwells will be closed at least 6 wks, and up to 6 months depending on how much damge was done to the concrete pillars
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Old Jan 11, 2008 | 07:28 AM
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One blew up in Flint in 2003 as well. Our 99 SE was being repaired at Superior Pontiac because my wife hit a deer. Superior Pontiac borders the expressway....right where the tanker exploded. Shrapnel from the explosion damaged cars in the lot at Superior Pontiac. It'* a good thing our car was indoors at the time.
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