Personal Injury Law

Truck Drivers tried to dodge each other

By Edward Bills

Michigan police say two truck drivers tried to dodge each other to prevent further devastation in an accident in which a car lost control on a Detroit area highway causing a fuel tanker to explode and an overpass to collapse.

Part of Interstate 75 remained closed Thursday morning with debris still smoldering a day after the accident left three drivers with minor injuries. The fire was so intense because the tanker had about 13,000 gallons of fuel.

Trooper Charles Kemp of the Michigan State Policenoted  that a car hit the tanker, separating the cab and trailer. Another truck tried to get out of the tanker’s way and the driver of the tanker also moved to avoid more damage.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on July 16, 2009 (boomark / email).