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  • Detroit firefighters call for change following drunken engine crash

    03/23/2021 12:31:16 PM PDT · by L.A.Justice · 21 replies
    WDIV Television ^ | February 26, 2021 | Shawn Ley
    DETROIT – Members of the Detroit Fire Department have reached out to Local 4 Defenders with their concerns about the allegations of firefighters drinking while on the job. On Sunday night Trenisha Hawkins’ car was struck by a Detroit fire engine. Hawkins’ sister was sick inside the home and when Detroit Fire Department Squad Six arrived at the scene, a 26-year-old firefighter behind the wheel of a $500,000 rescue vehicle struck Hawkins’ car. “It’s horrifying,” said Local 4 legal analyst Neil Rockind. “Those rigs are like tanks.” Rockind said the entire fire crew has to be ready to save lives...