Via Oh Fair New Mexico —
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.
The crash occurred at about 3:40 a.m. Monday on I-80 just east of Morris, said Master Sgt. Brian Mahoney of the Illinois State Police.
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.
The driver was not hurt, but police had to shut down the eastbound lanes for several hours while the cookies were cleaned up, Mahoney said.
I’m thinking the cleanup might have gone faster if the crew didn’t stop and split each cookie to lick the creamy stuff in the middle.
NewMexiKen once blew a VW Bug engine on I-80 near Morris, Illinois. But no, not an Oreo in sight that day.
Little girls have pretty curls
But I like Oreos
If only the truck had run into a tanker hauling milk.