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.
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.
Turn Off That Grill
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.
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.
Best Brew
In the Netherlands in 2017, a truckload of Holland's best brew did not make it to its destination. Cases and cases, 2,184 cases to be exact, of Grolsch beer were relinquished. The cleanup of fermented hops and glass was a hazardous mess, but some of the crew salvaged a cold one or two that hadn't shattered upon impact, making it a bit of a pickup party. Hopefully rides home were provided.
One question: Was the driver who caused the crash already inebriated? A woman veered into the oncoming lane and the beer truck swerved to miss her. She flipped her car and the truck rolled over, both drivers survived.