Gas Tanker Crash in Dearborn Shuts Telegraph
Dearborn police Friday night shut down northbound Telegraph Road at Cherry Hill after a gasoline tanker rolled over about 9:00 p.m. Roads were not expected to reopen until early Saturday so crews could clean up spilled fuel.
A resident quoted on (click wxyz for video) WXYZ TV said it appeared the tanker lost control after hitting a patch of ice on Telegraph where a broken water main still needs to be repaired. Those of us who frequent Einstein Brothers Bagels know that the right lane of northbound Telegraph has been filled with ice buildup for several weeks now, making driving a bit dicey in that area during peak travel times.
It wasn’t yet clear if there were any injuries or what caused the rollover but Dearborn police did evacuate nearby shops because the tanker was leaking fuel onto Telegraph. Police also closed southbound Telegraph at Ford Road. Fumes from the gasoline tanker filled the night air on the patch of Telegraph between Cherry Hill and Ford Road even late Friday night.
January 31st, 2009 at 7:53 am
the truck driver was probably driving too fast. that’s always the case on telegraph.
January 31st, 2009 at 9:33 am
Why is everyone so quick to blame the truck driver when this kind of stuff happens? Seems to me this could be a county issue seeing how their may have been ice on the road from a still unfixed water main.
January 31st, 2009 at 10:03 am
i go to Einsteins for coffee every morning- the ice infront of those storefronts makes my suburban change lanes it’s so bad- I wouldn’t fault the driver- it was built up like one of those ramps a stuntman would put a car on two wheels with-
it’s been that way for weeks….. blame the whoever is in charge of that water main
January 31st, 2009 at 10:41 am
This brings up the question of whether the traffic signal scheduled to be removed had anything to do with the crash? I know the speeds have increased in that area. (also now a speed trap, as I have seen many people get pulled over lately) I now have a hard time doing the turnarounds because the increased traffic speed.
January 31st, 2009 at 11:24 am
I live on Cherry Hill and go by that area almost daly and that spot has been messed up for MONTHS!I drove by it yesterday and the “No Parking Sign”was a fozen block of ice from top to bottom.I’ve seen the City out there working on it from time to time but it remains a block of ice and now see what happens!