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Chocolate-covered highway reopens to traffic
Star Tribune ^ | 11/5/2004

Posted on 11/05/2004 9:44:36 AM PST by TrebleRebel

GROVELAND, N.Y. -- Part of a highway in the Finger Lakes region of western New York State is open again after a chocolate-covered mishap. Northbound lanes of a highway south of Rochester were closed for five hours last night after a tanker truck crashed and spilled 45,000 pounds of liquid chocolate. State police say there were no serious injuries in the crash. Troopers say the truck driver swerved to avoid a deer. The truck, from M and M Mars in Elizabethtown, Pa., rolled over and the tanker split, spilling its load. A road grader had to be brought in to scrape up the chocolate, which also covered a bridge and a car on another road below. The fire chief said it smelled like a Hershey bar -- but no nuts.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: elcaminochocalate; thehersheyhighway
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To: hershey

A road for you? :^)


21 posted on 11/05/2004 10:11:41 AM PST by Tolik
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To: JustAnotherOkie

Bet that highway has quite a few skidmarks


22 posted on 11/05/2004 10:12:15 AM PST by Texaggie79 (Did I just say that?)
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To: TrebleRebel

So THAT'S where my wife went in such a hurry last night.


23 posted on 11/05/2004 10:20:00 AM PST by Sender (*F*O*U*R*M*O*R*E*Y*E*A*R*S*!!!)
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To: HenryLeeII

Just Damn.

Some jokes write themselves.


24 posted on 11/05/2004 10:20:49 AM PST by martin_fierro (WTF is a "nonspecific malady"?)
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To: Texaggie79
Heh - The fire chief said it smelled like a Hershey bar -- but no nuts.
25 posted on 11/05/2004 10:23:54 AM PST by BrooklynGOP (www.logicandsanity.com)
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To: TrebleRebel

Barney Frank and his man-date?


26 posted on 11/05/2004 10:24:40 AM PST by kevkrom (Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. But it rocks absolutely, too.)
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To: Michael.SF.

Truckers do not swerve to miss deer they run them over lots less damage that way. This guy most likely dozed off then rolled it. I deer is just a handy excuse.


27 posted on 11/05/2004 10:26:46 AM PST by riverrunner
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To: TrebleRebel
Does Andrew Sullivan know about this?
28 posted on 11/05/2004 10:44:10 AM PST by newgeezer (Democrats will cheat, steal, lie, do ANYTHING to win, because their noble goals justify every means.)
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To: Arpege92

ROTFL! Good one!


29 posted on 11/05/2004 1:05:49 PM PST by gimme1ibertee (Looking forward to '08........)
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To: JustAnotherOkie

Looking for Clingons...? :)


30 posted on 11/05/2004 1:06:51 PM PST by gimme1ibertee (Looking forward to '08........)
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To: stainlessbanner

"Hey, you got chocolate in my peanut butter!"
"You got peanut butter in my chocolate!"


31 posted on 11/05/2004 1:08:51 PM PST by gimme1ibertee (Looking forward to '08........)
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