A Detroit EMS truck that
tried to stop slid into an intersection and witnesses say a Dodge truck
hit the EMS rig, which, in turn, struck a minivan. What caused the crash?
According to sources and pictures snapped at the scene, the brakes failed on
Medic 22. One photo shows that the tires were practically bald (video below).
However, that doesn’t seem to matter to the city says Wisam Zeineh. As
president of Detroit’s FD EMS, he represents the workers and believes they are
put in danger every day. We asked if he knew when the trucks were last
maintained. He said, “I can’t answer that. It’s so infrequent that we ever get
any maintenance.”
“Really needs to be looked at how things are being run in this fire department.
Those that run it should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. The people that
work here have families that they want to go home to,” Zeineh said.
