Fries anyone? Ketchup crash snarls traffic in Nevada
RENO, Nev. (AP) — They didn't need any ambulances, but they could've used some fries.
What looked like a potentially grim mess Thursday on U.S. Interstate 80 in Reno, Nev., was just the aftermath of a wreck involving a semi-trailer truck hauling thousands of bottles of Heinz ketchup.
The Reno Gazette-Journal reports no one was hurt when the truck driver swerved to avoid another vehicle and hit a bridge in the median on the west edge of town. The crash ripped open the trailer, dumping the load and snarling traffic more than an hour.
Nevada Patrol Sgt. Janay Sherven said there was "red everywhere." She told the newspaper, "No bodies, no people, just ketchup."
State transportation crews used snowplows to help clear the highway connecting Reno to Lake Tahoe. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
That's one way to get it out of the bottle.
Notice the labels say "NEW!" It isn't a new recipe, but in fact an OLD recipe from before they used high fructose corn syrup. It is REAL ketchup.
Mustard been awful. I hope they discover the sauce of the accident.
@therunner  I relish the thought.
Oh the humanity!
I wonder if it made that rude noise sometimes produced by ketchup bottles, on a massive scale.
@Insomniac Dreams I'm sure the driver probably did.
@Insomniac Dreams haha as I was reading that, I had the rude sound run through my head. :)
That's always the worst thing about traffic, is just trying to ketchup. Hey, someone had to say it. ;)
Warren Buffet is not going to be happy.