UPDATED – Must see picture of the day: Detroit's Engine 8 versus an overpass. The overpass won. Radio traffic following collision. A bad year for DFD apparatus.

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So far I have not seen anything on news sites in Detroit about this picture. But it’s making its way around the fire service and on Facebook.   

We are told it occurred Sunday while Engine 8 was on hydrant inspection around 11:30 AM. There is a report of one minor injury. The incident happened off the 1200 block of West Jefferson Avenue.  

We have seen other pictures and the Google Map view all showing this low overpass is marked at 7’11”.    

This has been a bad year for Detroit fire equipment. You may recall the March 1 incident where Ladder 13 was hit by Amtrak Train 353 (see the videos below).