14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. traffic

BayNews9 ^ | 05/19/2008

[devane617]

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.

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.

[devane617]

All we need is a truck load of cold milk!

[kalee]

Got milk? ping

[CindyDawg]

Why? It doesn’t sound like LE shared :’)

[Baladas]

Freak accident. Okay, I’ll bite:

“Who’s that trailer with the Oreo cookies?”

Not this one anymore!

[SkyDancer]

Were they the pre-split kind?

[benjamin032]

I’m investing in Oreo futures. I’m just worried that I’ll be targeted for gouging the public if I make too much money.

[Charles Henrickson]

[devane617]

I bet they did not think to hit the delete button!

[hole_n_one]

Another option........

[CapnJack]

How come we never here of a Bud truck fliping over? I’m sure the public would be more then willing to help clear the road.

[CindyDawg]

Stock up on Oreos now. Obama may take them away .
hide um!

[Man50D]

All we need is a truck load of cold milk!

The accident would have been a good opportunity to teach kids the proper way to eat an Oreo cookie.

[ktscarlett66]

We go to Maine every summer and one year while my parents were visiting my aunt and uncle just outide of Bangor, a truck overturned right in front of their house - hauling lobsters from the coast for restaurants. My uncle and dad went out and helped load the crates onto the replacement truck when it arrived and as a ‘thank you’ for their work, were given 2 crates of lobsters. Man, oh man, was that happy night for all of us!

[CindyDawg]

I don’t think it was Bud but it happened awhile back in East Texas.

[library user]

Meanwhile, in Gary, Indiana a truck spilled 14 tons of these:

Cuz in Gary they don't get top notch stuff, you know.

[Man50D]

How come we never here of a Bud truck fliping over?

It's probably happened but the participants couldn't remember any details.

[Traveler59]

Here ya go!!

http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/turkey_causes_beer_truck_accident/13788/

-Traveler

[forkinsocket]

[Marine_Uncle]

Expect the local dollar stores to have a huge stock of cookies soon.

[Ezekiel]

14 tons of double-stuffed Oreos has overturned

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

Mass hysteria!

[BootsOfEscaping]

The horror......the horror.........the horror... ;)

[LiberConservative]

Uh, Oh!

[grey_whiskers]

Like, *PING*, dudes.

Oreos? Illinois?

Is this why Obama has not campaigned in Kentucky?

Cheers!

[grey_whiskers]

DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING!

NO more calls, please.

WE have a winner!

[Fred Nerks]

hang tight, there'll be a truck along any minute...

[ltc8k6]

A real Oreo has trans fats in it...

They’ve never been the same since...

[Colofornian]

Was this a God-ordained prophetic statement about a certain candidate who might take a political spill?

[dr_lew]

“... and there’s hamburger all over the highway in Mystic, Connecticut”

[Slings and Arrows]

This will seriesly hurt our anti-troll efforts.

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[pookie18]

[Daffynition]

HAHAHA! You drive me c-r-a-z-y!

[devane617]

I think Oreo’s rank in the top “5” of all time inventions.

[Rebel_Ace]

"I think Oreo’s rank in the top “5” of all time inventions."

Oreos occupy 3 of the all-time top 5 invention slots.