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Contrary to popular belief, semi-trucks are not simply chrome-covered behemoths put on the road for us to plead with them to honk. They provide a crucial service to this counrty, by hauling, among other things, a great deal of our food from wharehouse or distribution plant to restaurants and grocery stores. The heroic drivers put in long hours and do one helluva job keeping food on our plates. Every one in a while, though, things don't go accoring to plan. Grab your bib. These are the messiest food semi-truck accidents.
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15. Burgers
Location: I-15, Salt Lake City, Utah
40,000 pounds of hamburger patties ended up on the road in Salt Lake City. The truck flipped over, and crews spent hours flipping the burgers back.
14. Squash
Location: I-79, Pa.
A semi-truck misjudged an overpass and ended up spilling thousands of squashes onto the medium, most of which remained impressively un-squashed.
13. Meat and Onions
Location: I-95, Volusia, Fla.
In attempt at highway stir-fry, a truck shuttling meat hit a truck carrying onions, mixing the two all over the road. It was probably hot enough to cook it, too.
12. Tomato Paste
Location: Finch Road, Modesto, Calif.
Tomato paste was six inches deep at points, was spilled all over a highway in Modesto, Calif.. Cleanup crews could barely ketchup (ehh? ehh?).
11. Molasses
Location: Sugarland, Texas
A truck spilled 5,000 gallons of molasses on the road in, get this, Sugarland, Texas, confirming that the universe has a sweet sense of humor.
10. Hams
Location: A22, Trentino, Italy
An Italian truck driver got a little piggish and ended up spilling pig parts, to be processed into myriad foods, on the road. What a ham.
9. Cookies
Location: I-95, Chester, Pa.
A truck full of cookies dangeled off an interchange, sending cookies in all directions. Sometimes that's just the way the semi-truck-cookie crumbles.
8. Cucumbers
Location: US131, Kalamazoo, Mich.
One truck driver found himself in a ... pickle when the cargo of cucumbers came loose, litering the highway for half a mile.
7. Wine
Location: North Kelly Road, Napa Valley, Calif.
6,500 gallons of red wine were swirled a little too much in the tuck transporting it through Napa Valley. Sommeliers described the blend of wine as having grassy and gravely notes.
6. Watermelons
Location: I-10, Phoenix, Ariz.
Hundreds of watermelons caused hours of delay in Phoenix one afternoon. Dare we even mention the whisperings of a Gallagher conspiracy?
5. Weiners
Location: I-471 South, Southgate, Ky.
A massive collection of weiners, sausages, and other processed meats were spilled over several lanes of highway, rendering the normally high quality meats inedible.
4. Syrup
Location: I-71, Buttermilk Pike, Ky.
In Buttermilk Pike, an apropo truck couldn't countain its cargo of Hungry Jack Pancake syrup. You just can't keep pancakes and syrup apart!
3. Flour
Location: I-95 in Laurel, Md.
Flour burst forth from the stealy doors of one semi-truck on I-95. Cleanup crews were grateful that it wasn't raining, or they would have been staring at the worlds largest paper mache setup.
2. Animal Parts
Location: I-287 in Piscataway, N.J.
We all know that certain foods (hot dogs, chicken patties, etc.) are a hodgepoge of different parts of animals, but it's completely different when you see the sources scattered across the highway. It brings new meaning to the phrase "know your food."
1. Doughnut Glaze
Location: Pacific Highway South in Des Moines, Wash.
It was a sweet day in 2009 when a truck spilled its sticky load of doughnut glaze all over the road. Drivers couldn't be blamed for stopping and stealing a taste.