15,000 pounds of hot dog filler spills onto Pennsylvania highway after truck crash
That’s got to violate the five-second rule.
About 15,000 pounds of roadkill was returned to its natural habitat Monday after a tractor-trailer transporting hot dog filler (sometimes called pink slime) and other meat products crashed on a Pennsylvania highway, spilling the cargo onto the road.
A tractor-trailer hauling meat products left the roadway and overturned. (Rostraver Central Fire Department/)
The incident occurred May 20 on I-70 in Westmoreland County, Pa., outside Pittsburgh.
One tractor-trailer hauling meat products left the roadway and overturned. Two occupants were treated on the scene, Rostraver Central Fire Department wrote on Facebook.
The driver, Lachaud Makendy, 30, and a passenger, Robert Gilles, 42, both of Laurel, Del., suffered minor injuries. Makendy is expected to receive a number of citations. It’s unknown where the cargo was headed.
The Pennsylvania State Police said the driver was speeding before the crash. The vehicles brakes were also not working properly and the truck could not stop until it hit a number of trees.
State police said the road was cleared after the two were treated.
