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Overturned strawberry truck causes jam on two highways
UPI ^ | May 31, 2024 | Ben Hooper

Posted on 05/31/2024 8:37:59 AM PDT by Red Badger

May 30 (UPI) -- Traffic on a pair of California highways turned into a jam when a truck loaded with strawberries overturned, dropping barrels of the fruit into the road.

The California Highway Patrol said the overturned truck, carrying about 40,000 pounds of fruit, blocked the northbound connector ramps to Highway 101 and Interstate 880 in San Jose on Wednesday morning and was leaning over a guardrail.

The ramps were closed as crews worked to lift the truck upright and remove the fallen barrels of strawberries.

No injuries were reported from the crash or ensuing traffic jams on both highways.

The ramps were reopened in the early afternoon Wednesday.

CHP San Jose @CHPSanJose The transition at I-880 and US-101 is currently closed from both northbound directions. We do not currently have an estimation on opening the ramps. Use alternate routes



TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; Food; Gardening
KEYWORDS: california; jam
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1 posted on 05/31/2024 8:37:59 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

I hope they were able to preserve to evidence.


2 posted on 05/31/2024 8:39:58 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Red Badger

Lol sounds like a Babylon Bee headline.


3 posted on 05/31/2024 8:40:08 AM PDT by JudyinCanada (The left is loathsome, beyond anything I could have believed.)
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To: moovova

Of course, it was probably spread across the accident scene.


4 posted on 05/31/2024 8:40:51 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Red Badger

Berry interesting! Glad no injuries..time for daiquiris!


5 posted on 05/31/2024 8:41:13 AM PDT by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
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To: JudyinCanada; moovova

It was a sticky situation....................


6 posted on 05/31/2024 8:41:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: moovova

I’m guessing the driver’s career is toast.


7 posted on 05/31/2024 8:42:13 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Red Badger

Most of the jam was sandwiched between the truck and the road.


8 posted on 05/31/2024 8:42:15 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Red Badger

Strawberry jam? Yum!


9 posted on 05/31/2024 8:43:04 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Nothing says "Democracy" like throwing your opponents in jail.)
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To: Red Badger

Sounds like it!


10 posted on 05/31/2024 8:43:37 AM PDT by JudyinCanada (The left is loathsome, beyond anything I could have believed.)
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To: 1Old Pro

Now all they needed was a Bread truck and a Peanut Butter truck to collide.................


11 posted on 05/31/2024 8:44:21 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Thanks for spreading the word…


12 posted on 05/31/2024 8:45:14 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Magnum44

If only there were a banana truck and a ice cream truck.................


13 posted on 05/31/2024 8:46:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

That story jelled pretty quickly!


14 posted on 05/31/2024 8:48:18 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Difference between a cow and the US Capitol 1/6 "riot:" you can only milk a cow 3 times a day)
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To: Red Badger

Some spilled over onto land and they were singing “Strawberry Fields Forever”.


15 posted on 05/31/2024 8:48:31 AM PDT by BipolarBob (If st first you don't succeed then skydiving is not for you.)
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16 posted on 05/31/2024 8:50:00 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

Even worse than 30,000 pounds of bananas.


17 posted on 05/31/2024 8:50:07 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Red Badger

So that’s what a jelly roll looks like!


18 posted on 05/31/2024 8:50:48 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill
....No, THIS is what a Jelly Roll looks like..................
19 posted on 05/31/2024 8:54:18 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: moovova

I think they’d rather wine about it.


20 posted on 05/31/2024 8:55:26 AM PDT by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy saints surrounded.)
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