Just sayin'.
I grew up in the 1970s in St. Clair Shores, a suburb of Detroit. All of Detroit's freeways are below street level, with either sloped earth side walls, or massive side walls made of concrete. All of the cross streets are bridges over the freeways.
Seems like a tanker truck a month would overturn, burn, and cause damage to the concrete retaining walls. This is nothing new for Detroit.
Just sayin'.
Even if the truck driver turns out to be named Habib, I am pretty much sure this was a case of a driver forced off onto an unfamiliar exit, and ....scrapeeeeeeee...boom.
And as everyone else has been indicating, prayers for those involved, and their families.
Just Detroit’s verion of Urban Renewal. (?)
(I mean no disrespect to any involved in this or other catastrophes)
That doesn’t fit with the recent FReeper policy of time-after-time making silly implications and looking foolish.
Thanks very much for posting that pic, Yo-Yo. That is one of my favorite scenes of all time. When you 1st round that curve on I-75 (and are driving in the left lane) the vision of the RenCen (GM building) dominates your field of vision...
...as you drive on the church overtakes the image of the building as it perfectly superimposes itself on the scene.
A visual MUST SEE for anyone driving in Detroit on southbound I-75. (Stay in the left lane for MAXIMUM effect.)