DETROIT -- Two people, including an 8-year-old boy, are recovering after being hurt Wednesday morning when two large plastic tanks fell off a trailer and landed on their car.
Detroit police said the incident happened at about 8 a.m., near Stratton and Waterman streets.
Sheila Santiago said her sister's 45-year-old boyfriend had just dropped her sister off at work and was driving back with her nephew when the tanks fell on them.
"When he was coming this way, the truck driver was going that way, and he just smashed into the top of the bridge and the things just fell on top of the car," Santiago said.
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Truck driver Ron Davis said he was carrying the tanks from Chicago to drop them off at a yard in Detroit when he came up to a railroad trestle.
The clearance sign for the trestle is 12 feet 8 inches. Davis said his truck is 12 feet 4 inches.
"My truck will clear, but these tanks are a little bit higher. By the time I realized that, it was too late," Davis said. "That car just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Santiago said her nephew was in the back seat and wasn't seriously hurt because the tanks fell onto the driver's side.
"He was screaming because of the pain, and my nephew was crying too because he was in pain," she said. The boy was taken to Children's Hospital.
Santiago said her sister's boyfriend was taken to Detroit Receiving Hospital with a broken leg.
"I'm just glad nobody got hurt, seriously. The last thing I wanted on my conscious is if somebody got really hurt or worse," Davis said.
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Detroit police said the incident happened at about 8 a.m., near Stratton and Waterman streets.
Sheila Santiago said her sister's 45-year-old boyfriend had just dropped her sister off at work and was driving back with her nephew when the tanks fell on them.
"When he was coming this way, the truck driver was going that way, and he just smashed into the top of the bridge and the things just fell on top of the car," Santiago said.
Watch: 2 Hurt When Tanks Fall Off Truck
Truck driver Ron Davis said he was carrying the tanks from Chicago to drop them off at a yard in Detroit when he came up to a railroad trestle.
The clearance sign for the trestle is 12 feet 8 inches. Davis said his truck is 12 feet 4 inches.
"My truck will clear, but these tanks are a little bit higher. By the time I realized that, it was too late," Davis said. "That car just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Santiago said her nephew was in the back seat and wasn't seriously hurt because the tanks fell onto the driver's side.
"He was screaming because of the pain, and my nephew was crying too because he was in pain," she said. The boy was taken to Children's Hospital.
Santiago said her sister's boyfriend was taken to Detroit Receiving Hospital with a broken leg.
"I'm just glad nobody got hurt, seriously. The last thing I wanted on my conscious is if somebody got really hurt or worse," Davis said.
Copyright 2010 by ClickOnDetroit.com.
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