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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSyrup spill sticks Oklahoma commuters in thick traffic jam
Traffic slowed to a trickle on a major Oklahoma City highway on Wednesday morning after a tractor trailer hauling syrup sprang a leak and left a 5-mile trail of the sticky substance on the roadway.
"We called an environmental clean-up company to determine how to clean up the mess," said Cole Hackett, a spokesman for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
The department closed off some lanes of Interstate 44, placing salt and sand over the pancake syrup spill.
The tanker, which was hauling 48,000 gallons (181,700 liters) of syrup to an Oklahoma City restaurant, traveled for miles before the driver noticed the syrup leak, the department said.
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"We called an environmental clean-up company to determine how to clean up the mess," said Cole Hackett, a spokesman for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
The department closed off some lanes of Interstate 44, placing salt and sand over the pancake syrup spill.
The tanker, which was hauling 48,000 gallons (181,700 liters) of syrup to an Oklahoma City restaurant, traveled for miles before the driver noticed the syrup leak, the department said.
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Syrup spill sticks Oklahoma commuters in thick traffic jam (Original Post)
Capt. Obvious
Feb 2014
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jsr
(7,712 posts)1. Sweet.
Orrex
(63,443 posts)2. I don't usually like syrup with my jam.
liberal N proud
(60,422 posts)3. They should have just had a pancake feed right there during rush hour
Breakfast on the way to work.
Orrex
(63,443 posts)4. Traffic delays like this can really sap local business.
Orrex
(63,443 posts)5. I tried to sneak past this spill syruptitiously.
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)6. I hop into these threads
as do you
Brother Buzz
(36,586 posts)7. Hauling 48,000 gallons of syrup to an Oklahoma City restaurant?
Jeez Louise, that sound like an exorbitant amount.
Philly Cowboy
(35 posts)8. I guess you've never been to Oklahoma City
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)12. I'm surprised the locals didn't show up with their eating spoons
Up here, if someone hits a deer the race is on to be the first one there to claim it.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)17. Well they tell me I was born there
But I really don't remember.
longship
(40,416 posts)14. Either IHOP, or the Waffle House, I expect.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)15. they have an underground tank like a gas station, right?
Brother Buzz
(36,586 posts)16. That, or maybe a tower tank with gravity feed piping to each table
MineralMan
(146,418 posts)9. If they don't get this cleaned up right away,
millions of bees will die in traffic.
Think of the bees, for pity's sake! Think of the bees!
JHB
(37,181 posts)11. UPDATE: tankers of batter and butter collide a half mile from spill site...
"This is maddening," said Cole Hackett, a spokesman for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. "We have the perfect solution to the syrup spill, but it's too far away."
longship
(40,416 posts)13. Traffic was slower than molasses in February.