14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Illinois traffic

[LynneSin]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080519/ap_on_fe_st/odd_cookie_spill_2

14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. traffic 1 hour, 27 minutes ago



MORRIS, Ill. - Police say a trailer loaded with 14 tons of double-stuffed Oreos has overturned, spilling the cookies still in their plastic sleeves into the median and roadway.

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Illinois State Police Sgt. Brian Mahoney says the truck's driver was traveling from Chicago to Morris on Interstate 80 around 4 a.m. Monday when he fell asleep at the wheel and slammed into the median.

"The boxes came out of the trailer and boxes were ripped open," he said.

The crash about 50 miles southwest of Chicago remains under investigation.

Mahoney says no charges have been filed but both lanes of traffic remain closed while authorities remove the cookies.

[hobbit709]

1. Where's the milk truck?

[LynneSin]

2. Milk Truck crashed in Ohio

http://www.whiotv.com/news/15983990/detail.html

[SacredCow]

3. "Cookie Monster sought as a person of interest in the crash investigation..."

:hide:

[sasquatch]

4. If it was boxed wine, they'd have no problem with clean up

:D

[commander bunnypants]

5. paging midlodemocrat

CB

[sasquatch]

6. She doesn't like Oreos though

:(