ABOVE: Cellphone video captured the scene as a tanker truck exploded in Detroit, causing an entire highway overpass to become wreathed in smoke and flames
DETROIT – The tanker truck that exploded and caught fire on a downtown Detroit interstate has been extinguished but some ramps and a stretch of freeway remains closed.
Michigan State Police Lieutenant Michael Shaw says crews remain where the tanker truck carrying 9,000 gallons of unleaded fuel exploded about 8:45 a.m. Sunday.
The driver wasn’t hurt, but Interstate 75 at I-375 remains shut down.
Shaw says the Michigan Department of Transportation must determine the stability of the I-75 overpass before it can reopen.
He adds that the trucker told investigators mechanical problems caused his vehicle’s back tires to lock up and for the tanker to overturn.
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