Drivers in the drink after beer truck flips

reuters ^ | 5-11-05

[Dan from Michigan]

Drivers in the drink after beer truck flips

TORONTO (Reuters) - A truck hauling 2,000 cases of beer flipped over and unleashed a sea of suds onto Canada's busiest highway on Wednesday, in a scene that could have been lifted from the Canadian cliche handbook.

The early morning accident brought rush hour traffic to a standstill on highway 401 in north Toronto, as rescuers worked to free a woman trapped in the small car that collided with the tractor trailer.

"Believe it or not with this crushed car, the young lady driving it is going to be okay," Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Cam Wooley told CP24 news.

"We've got sand down now absorbing the beer," he added.

In Canada, beer is closely co-advertised with the national obsession of hockey and an enduring national stereotype is the McKenzie brothers, the 1980s-era comedy team of Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas who swilled beer and ended every sentence with "eh?."

Police said the beer-soaked sand would be scooped into bins and returned to the supplier for destruction.

[Dan from Michigan]

:(

[lilylangtree]

Salivation in the extreme being performed by beer drinkers international.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Gimme a Molson's

[MarineBrat]

Ossifer, our vehicle was inundated and our only hope to escape certain drowning was to drink it as fast as we could!

[cripplecreek]

I liked the old Molsons ads.

Customs: What do you have behind the seat?

Driver: Uh, the whole rest of the truck.

[avg_freeper]

Noooooooo! I absorb beer much better than sand!

[MD_Willington_1976]

I'm outraged, this is clearly a plot by the Liberals....

LOL

[scott says]

[KarlInOhio]

"We've got sand down now absorbing the beer," he added.

That's Sergeant Sand of the RCMP.

Police said the beer-soaked sand would be scooped into bins and returned to the supplier for destruction.

Sergeant Sand always was a lush, but there's no reason to destroy him afterwards. Just let him sleep it off.

[theFIRMbss]

>A truck hauling 2,000 cases of beer flipped over and unleashed a sea of suds onto Canada's busiest highway

"Okay, eh, today
the topic is, lapping up
beer that you, eh, spill . . ."

[cripplecreek]

Hoser looks hungry eh?

[Rennes Templar]

I guess the driver just had to grin and beer it.

I'm in a hurry, you guys take over.

[SlowBoat407]

Doctors are checking the driver now to see what ales him. The driver was heard to say, "I didn't think I was going that far - just a few hops away." Officials are at lager-heads over how to handle the situation.

[tnlibertarian]

Sorry, I just can't make Lite over this accident. Bud, I can say I am deeply saddened. Such a waste. Of Coors, the wildlife in the area are quite hoppy with the situation.

[Junior]

Noooooo!

[reagan_fanatic]

[Joe 6-pack]

I actually got a copy of this accident report, but at this point it's just a draft. It looks like its going to be an interesting case, but it's not the first accident in this location where the road appears to bottleneck, and if I were the responsible civil engineer I'd see some trouble brewing.

This problem seems to be coming to a head and will be brought to the attention of those at the Hite of the powers that OB. As I understand it, the trucker's union is prepared to start fermenting civil disobedience until such time as Abita attention is drawn to this problem on the bock roads.

[LibertarianInExile]

Well, you certainly hopped to it, Bud. Way to pony up!

It is odd that you weren't the first responder. Next time hit the Turbo, Dog!

[StoneColdGOP]

My heart aches.

[LibertarianInExile]

2,000 cases! OH THE HUMANITY!

[sob]

I hate alcohol abuse!