You know how spilling milk is a pain in the butt to pick up? Imagine having to clean up GALLONS of milk off the highway. No thank you.
These are the worst highway food spills in recent history.
1. Oreo Cookies
In 2008, a tractor trailer carrying 14 tons of Double Stuff Oreos overturned in Illinois. The driver fell asleep at the wheel, causing the truck to slam into the median.
"The boxes came out of the trailer and boxes were ripped open," Illinois Police said.
2. Salad Dressing and Mayo
In 2016, a truck carrying salad dressing, mayonnaise and other food products overturned on a Toronto highway, closing the highway for an entire afternoon to clean it up. The driver was charged with careless driving.
3. Corn Dogs
The truck flipped on a highway in Louisiana, sending frozen corn dogs all over the place. It took 9 hours for crews to clean up the frozen, delicious mess.
4. Chocolate
Chocolate spill leaves highway a sticky messNOT THE CHOCOLATE! A tanker truck carrying 12 TONS of liquid milk chocolate overturned on a highway in Poland, causing a massive spill that closed the road for hours. 🫠MORE: https://bit.ly/2FZLiSE
Posted by WSVN-TV on Thursday, May 10, 2018
Emergency workers in Poland received an usual call: they had to clear out 12 tons of chocolate that had spilled on a highway!
A tanker truck carrying 24,000 pounds of liquid milk chocolate overturned on the road after colliding with a traffic barrier. It ended up being a sticky situation for drivers, as traffic came to a complete halt. The road had to be closed for several hours for the cleanup.
5. Ketchup
42,000 pounds of Heinz Ketchup spilled onto the streets of Reno, Nevada. The city had to call in snowplows to clear the roads.
6. Raspberry Puree
In 2013, a truck FILLED with raspberry puree tipped over in Portland, spilling all its contents. The puree was on its way to make yogurt, but that obviously won't be happening.
7. Cranberries
52,000lbs of cranberries ended up all over a Wisconsin highway after the truck carrying them split open.
8. Lobster
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Over $500,000 worth of lobster fell to the roadside in Nova Scotia, Canada. Locals were given permission to come and take as many lobsters as they wanted.
"It's a free meal for somebody," said George Hopkins, himself a lobster fisherman. "I'm just going to give them away."
9. Frozen Pizza
Thousands of frozen pizzas landed on a highway in Arkansas. Though some thought they might be safe to eat, news outlets warned otherwise.
"The pizzas have been run over and many have diesel fluid on them, so there won't be pizza for dinner for any of us."
10. Sardines
A driver in Poland forgot to close the back door of his truck, letting 24 tons of sardines spill onto the road. Gross.
11. Watermelon
In 2012, a truck carrying 49,000lbs of watermelon crashed on a highway in Chicago, sending the summer treat flying.
12. Maple Syrup
Talk about a sticky situation. A truck full of maple syrup spilled all over a highway in Ohio on (get this) Buttermilk pike overpass. Yes.
13. Tomato Paste
In 2012, a flatbed truck of tomato paste spilled on a highway in California. It took shovels and street sweepers to clean up the extremely bloody-looking mess.
14. Ice Cream
40,000 pounds of Edy's Ice Cream tipped over in Indiana. The flavors were vanilla and caramel praline crunch. It was all up for grabs.
15. Doritos
Alright, so this one wasn't the road. But THOUSANDS of bags of Doritos washed up on the beach in North Carolina after a cargo ship lost one of its containers. The packaging was still airtight, so the chips were totally fine.