Tanker trucker dies; freeway-closing crashes multiply - Detroit Free Press
The driver of the tanker truck involved in a fiery crash Thursday that left northbound I-75 closed at the Southfield Freeway has died. Roddy Blaine Winn, 53, of Detroit had been in the burn unit at Detroit Receiving Hospital with burns over 90% of his body following the 3:20 a. m. crash, according to Michigan State Police spokesman 1st Lt. Michael Shaw. Corrigan Oil Co. , based in Brighton, described the loss of its longtime employee in a written statement. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of a longtime member of the Corrigan family,” Mike Corrigan, president of Corrigan Oil, said in the statement. “Corrigan Oil has been family owned for over 50 years and considers every employee to be a part of that family. Shaw said the crash, near the border of Lincoln Park and Melvindale, was the fault of the driver, although officials did not have an exact cause. The truck was heading south hauling 8,000 gallons of gasoline when the driver lost control, struck the median wall and went into the northbound lanes, Shaw said. The crash marks the third fiery tanker crash that closed a major Detroit-area roadway this year. Source: www.freep.com
