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SHREWSBURY, Pa. (AP) — A truckload of hot dogs spilled across a
Pennsylvania interstate Friday after a crash that briefly
clogged the heavily traveled artery in both directions.
Crews were stuck with a job they did not relish — rolling up the
scattered tube steaks for disposal.
“Once those leave the truck and hit the road, that’s all
garbage, and it’s still pretty warm,” Shrewsbury Fire Company
Chief Brad Dauberman said.
State police said the tractor trailer had an unspecified
mechanical problem on Interstate 83 a few miles north of the
Maryland line as morning rush hour was wrapping up, causing it
to push into a passenger vehicle. When the truck scraped along a
concrete divider, its trailer was ripped open and the contents
scattered.
Four people required medical attention, Dauberman said, for
injuries that police said were not life-threatening.
A front-end loader was used to scoop up the hot dogs and drop
them into a dump truck.
Dauberman said emergency crews couldn't help but see the humor
in the situation, and his daughter texted him a photo of a hot
dog-themed T-shirt.
“I can tell you personally, hot dogs are very slippery,” the
fire chief said. “I did not know that.”
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