Giant-size sausages strewn the road and the embankment after two semi-trucks bonked into each other. Tens of thousands of pounds of the barbeque essential lay to waste untold brats and beers parties.
The crash in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin happened when one truck rear-ended the other. The entire load was lost but, amazingly, neither driver was hurt. The collision caused the sausage truck to barrel through a guardrail and into the front of a bridge sending it rolling down the embankment with the boxes of meat rolling out with it.
Cookie Dough Accident
"Such a waste of cookie dough!" That's how one Facebook user put it responding to a posting by Pender EMS & Fire, Inc. that said to "expect delays and keep an eye out for clean up crews if you happen to be heading south on Highway 17 through Scotts Hill in the area of Sidbury Road."
This tragedy of cookie lovers everywhere happened in North Carolina without a collision. The truck came to a halt at a red light. When the light turned green and it took off, the backdoor flew open and 20 large wheeled carts rolled out, dumping gallons of its decadent contents into the street. It was a sad week for sweets as the massive chocolate spill in Poland went down just days earlier.
One Potato, Two Potato
Forty-thousand pounds of potatoes more inundated the outer loop of Interstate 495 on an early June morning in 2015. Containers of spuds that will never be mashed, baked, sautéed, or French-fried poured out of the wayward tractor-trailer into the ditch and onto the road.
The truck, carrying 43,000 pounds of potatoes, veered into the divide around 3 a.m. and spilled its load. The driver who had fallen asleep was rushed to the hospital with a broken arm. Wet weather made early morning traffic in D.C. a disaster. In all, three crashes tied up the beltway.
Bumper Crop
What looks like a bumper crop of green beans is actually a massive truck spill that happened in Surrey, B.C. The generous side of veggies ended up on the highway after the semi-truck tipped over.
The accident happened around noon and the cleanup crew went to work. The fully biodegradable mess had to be scooped up with front-end loaders and pushed to the side in piles.
Hold the Fries
An enormous shipment of the best item on McDonald's menu never made it to the fryer. In 2018, a bright red McDonald's truck tipped over on the 5 freeway in O.C. and it lost everything. Not one fry was spared. The dumped and disheveled boxes marked "MAC FRIES" were contained quickly, but the early morning crash on March 26 caused traffic delays. Pitifully, local Mickey D's suffered temporary menu shortages.
It was small potatoes for the fast-food behemoth which is the world's biggest potato buyer and this franchise knows fries. It's well accepted as one of the best French fries from any restaurant, but with 19 ingredients listed, it's hard to imagine what, exactly, gives the fry-cut potato stick its flavor.