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A moment of silence , Bacon truck overturns
EMCS
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Truck filled with bacon crashes on I-74
DEER CREEK - A semitrailer truck hauling 40,000 pounds of bacon overturned Wednesday on Interstate 74 near Deer Creek, spilling its load.
The driver, Rodney J. Kalman, 57, of Muskegon, Mich., was taken to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, with what state police said were minor injuries. He was charged with improper lane usage.
The semi was eastbound about 5 p.m. in the left lane at milepost 109 when the truck drifted left into the center median, police said.
The trailer broke open as the truck rolled on its side, spilling its cargo into the grassy median, police said.
The scene, which still was being cleaned up at 9 p.m., did not block the highway, police said.
The load will be discarded, police said.[:(]
DEER CREEK - A semitrailer truck hauling 40,000 pounds of bacon overturned Wednesday on Interstate 74 near Deer Creek, spilling its load.
The driver, Rodney J. Kalman, 57, of Muskegon, Mich., was taken to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, with what state police said were minor injuries. He was charged with improper lane usage.
The semi was eastbound about 5 p.m. in the left lane at milepost 109 when the truck drifted left into the center median, police said.
The trailer broke open as the truck rolled on its side, spilling its cargo into the grassy median, police said.
The scene, which still was being cleaned up at 9 p.m., did not block the highway, police said.
The load will be discarded, police said.[:(]
Comments
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Least he could have done was Hit a mosque.
[:D][:D][:D]
Funny stuff there. About a year ago in the same location a semi truck full of chocolate cake and cinnamon spilled on the highway at 4:30 in the morning.
Here is that article, happened on Oct. 13, 2011.
quote:GOODFIELD -
Motorists on Interstate 74 encountered a bittersweet detour on their morning commute Thursday.
An accident early Thursday involving two semi-trailers littered I-74 with frozen food and shut down westbound lanes between Goodfield and Morton for nearly seven hours.
The crash occurred about 4:20 a.m. as Bradford Garrett, 63, of Buena Vista, Colo., lost control of his semi near Deer Creek. A semi also in the westbound lanes and driven by Ronnie Davis, 58, of Indianapolis was unable to avoid Garrett's vehicle and struck it. The impact caused Garrett's semi to overturn, spilling frozen chocolate cake and cinnamon rolls into the roadway.
An earlier report stated that the truck contained frozen burritos, but that proved to be incorrect.
The accident closed the road to traffic until 11 a.m. or so, as the investigation and the cleanup continued.
Traffic was diverted into Goodfield, through Deer Creek on U.S. Route 150 and into Morton, said Dustin Pierce, spokesman for the Illinois State Police.
Both drivers were transported to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria with what were described as non-life-threatening injuries.
Garrett was operating a truck for Never Late Trucking of Garrison, Iowa. Davis was driving for Schneider National Trucking Company of Gary, Ind.
An investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing. Pending the results of that investigation, no citations had been issued.