Sea of rocks blanket I-75 in Detroit at I-94

By Ryan Felton

Jul 14, 2014 at 2:04 pm

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(Screenshot from WXYZ video)

If you happened to be driving into Detroit earlier today, you may have noticed some rocks on I-75 -- no, you must've noticed. There was a truck-load of them. Literally. A semi-truck apparently lost a load of rocks it was carrying, resulting in the above scene.

Southbound I-75 was closed at I-94 around 10 a.m., but was reopened soon after, WXYZ Channel 7 reports. Rocks were strewn across the city between Clay and Caniff, according to the Detroit News.

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Ryan Felton

Ryan Felton was born in 1990 and spent the majority of his childhood growing up in Livonia. In 2009, after a short stint at Eastern Michigan University, he moved to Detroit where he has remained ever since. After graduating from Wayne State University’s journalism program, he went on to work as a staff writer...