What ’s the only affair worse than spilled Milk River ? spill swimming chocolate—12 short ton of it , down the proverbial drain . This was the lamentable state of affair that resulted when a tank ship motortruck hauling melted milk chocolate toppled over on a highway in Poland , coating six lanes of traffic in the sugary goop .
The truck reportedly collided with a dealings barrier on the A2 highway in western Poland , ABCreports . apart from the driver , who suffered a broken arm , no injuries were reported . It did , however , make a rather sticky office for motorist and clean - up crews . Some drivers continued on their merry agency , spreading streaks of cocoa for geographical mile , agree toThe Washington Post . The cocoa was so duncical that first responders go forth footprints in the muck , and heavy machinery had to be bring in to skin it off the roads .
dealings was eventually shut down in both directions , and crews raced to outdo up the chocolate before it season on the roadstead . After deep brown congeals , it ’s harder to clean up than either snow or crude , concord to a fire-eater at the conniption and the chocolate manufacturer , respectively .
Hot pee was used to evaporate and wash away the chocolate , and the whole clean and jerk - up was expected to take several hours . First answerer were good sports about it , though . Marlena Kukawka , a spokesperson for the Slupca law department , articulate , “ It ’s been a long time since I ’ve seen so many smiles on the facial expression of parking brake rescue folks and law officers at the view of an accident , " according toNPR .
drinking chocolate lovers , however , were likely horrified by the tantrum , which think image of Augustus Gloop flailing around in a river of umber inWilly Wonka & the Chocolate Factory .
This melty mess hall was no pleasure to clean up , but it is n’t the grossest truck spill to pass off in late years . There was that one metre awhale carcassexploded as it was being hauled off , showering a Chinese town in guts and goo .
[ h / tThe Washington Post ]
