Archives for the 'highway food wrecks' tag
Truck Spills Tons of Oreos on Highway
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about highway food wrecks that spilled spoilt dog food and Gatorade. It’s happened again–this time with a truck full of Oreos.
Several lanes of Interstate Highway 80 were shut down for hours overnight after a truck hauling Oreos crashed into a median, spilling tons of the chocolate cookies across the highway, police said.
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The truck was westbound, hauling about 20,000 pounds of Oreos, when the driver lost control and the rig hit a median before veering into the eastbound lanes. The impact ripped the trailer open, spilling its cargo across the eastbound lanes of the highway, he said.
With the cause of the crash still unclear, I’m sure police are looking into reports of a Ghost of Hydrox sighting in the area. Or Oreo-hating Brits driving on the wrong side of the road.
Via Alan, who suggests we make this whole highway-food-wreck thing a regular feature.
Highway Wrecks Spill Spoilt Dog Food, Gatorade (With Bonus Gatorade Coverage!)
In possibly the most noteworthy highway food spillage since a trucker lost his load of spoiled dog food on Route 222 in Maxatawny, Pa. last month, a trucker this morning wrecked and spilled a shipment of Gatorade all over U.S. 27 outside Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Today’s wreck is, in turn, likely the most resoundingly negative Gatorade spillage since the Gatorade shower that may have led to the death of then-Long Beach State football coach George Allen in 1990.
(Photo via Gatorade-book author Darren Rovell’s “unauthorized” Gatorade blog.)
