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 1,000 pounds of 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 state 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 thousands of hot dogs scattered across the road.
Four people were transported to a hospital for treatment of injuries that police said were not life-threatening.
The accident forced the interstate to be shut down to allow crews to safely access the damage and clear the debris. 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.
“I can tell you personally, hot dogs are very slippery,” the fire chief said. “I did not know that.”
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