MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. — Around 43,000 pounds of frozen french fries were scattered Sunday along Missouri’s Interstate 70 after an 18-wheeler rolled over during a wreck involving an intoxicated passenger car driver.
According to the Montgomery County, Missouri, Sheriff’s Office, the intoxicated driver was traveling at a high rate of speed, weaving in and out of both lanes of traffic, when they forced the big rig off the road.
The truck flipped over near the 186 mile marker in the eastbound lanes of I-70.
No injuries were reported.
The Montgomery County Health Department was notified and responded to the scene because the load contained food products.
The intoxicated driver was arrested by the Missouri Highway Patrol and booked into the Montgomery County Jail for driving while intoxicated, careless and imprudent driving, driving involving in an accident and driving while their license was suspended/revoked.
Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and raised in East Texas, John Worthen returned to his home state to attend college in 1998 and decided to make his life in The Natural State. Worthen is a 20-year veteran of the journalism industry and has covered just about every topic there is. He has a passion for writing and telling stories. He has worked as a beat reporter and bureau chief for a statewide newspaper and as managing editor of a regional newspaper in Arkansas. Additionally, Worthen has been a prolific freelance journalist for two decades, and has been published in several travel magazines and on travel websites.
Eye👻Ain’t no soothsayer/ fortune teller… butt I predict that there’ll be a LOT of French Fries served @ local soup kitchens in the near future.
Can sumbody w/ a load of KETCH-UP Please roll their trailer?