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Home»Posts tagged with»Freeway

Car careens off Gratiot bridge, plunges onto I-375, causes 20-car pileup

By Steve Neavling on March 2, 2017   Crime & Fire, Fire, Headline  

Car careens off Gratiot bridge, plunges onto I-375, causes 20-car pileup

A 20-car pileup was triggered by a car plunging off of Gratiot Avenue and landing on I-375 on Thursday evening.

Towering span over Rouge River is falling apart as state crosses fingers

By Steve Neavling on August 23, 2015   Headline, posts, State of Michigan  

Towering span over Rouge River is falling apart as state crosses fingers

Chunks of concrete and reinforced steel bars are scattered below I-75’s towering Rouge River Bridge.

Tanker explosion reveals dangerous deficiency in Detroit Fire Department

By Steve Neavling on May 26, 2015   Crime & Fire, Fire, Headline, posts  

Tanker explosion reveals dangerous deficiency in Detroit Fire Department

When Detroit firefighters arrived to a massive fire from a tanker explosion near downtown on I-75 this weekend, there was little they could do but wait. And wait. And wait.

Video: Watch protesters in Detroit block a freeway before police pounce

By Steve Neavling on November 27, 2014   Crime & Fire, Featured Stories, Police  

Video: Watch protesters in Detroit block a freeway before police pounce

More than 30 protesters marched on freeways, blocked streets and burst into Wayne State University buildings.

Photos: Protesters block freeways, roads, barge into WSU buildings in Detroit

By Steve Neavling on November 26, 2014   Crime & Fire, Headline, Lens On Detroit, Photo Gallery, Police, posts  

Photos: Protesters block freeways, roads, barge into WSU buildings in Detroit

Dozens of demonstrators resorted to civil disobedience to show support for the unarmed black teen killed by police in Ferguson.

Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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