Late yesterday afternoon, a truck rolled on the Hume Highway in Victoria. There are no injuries or fatalities, but something grave has happened nonetheless: one million chicken nuggets have been donated to the asphalt gods.
Daniel Andrews posted about the accident this morning, warning that “all lanes” north just past the M80 were closed to deal with the chicken carnage:
Truck has rolled on the Hume. Everyone’s okay – but there are chicken nuggets everywhere. Apparently there’s one million of them all over the road. All lanes are closed heading north just past the M80, so please avoid.
— Daniel Andrews (@DanielAndrewsMP) April 5, 2018
VicRoads also confirmed with radio station 3AW that around one million chicken nuggets – or 20 tons – were spilled, and the cleanup operation resumed in earnest this morning. 9 News reporter Lana Murphy took footage this morning of hundreds of boxes of nuggets being thrown out:
This is heartbreaking .. hundreds of boxes of nuggets written off. Straight to the tip. Need someone to take them off your hands @maccas? @9NewsMelb pic.twitter.com/QtRwlKgRsT
— Lana Murphy (@LanaMurphy) April 5, 2018
Traffic McMayhem along Hume and Ring Rd with cleanup still going after truck carrying 20 tonnes of chicken nuggets came to a crashing stop last night. Somehow driver uninjured. @9NewsMelb pic.twitter.com/YfZhDrVqcJ
— Lana Murphy (@LanaMurphy) April 5, 2018
Delays are expected to continue until around 1000 local time, with the Hume Freeway closed for outbound traffic between Cooper St and the Ring Road until the nuggs have been cleared.
Nugget crash update: The Hume Fwy expected to be closed until about 10am as the clean-up continues https://t.co/SnExQVRZlc
(Image/video via @LanaMurphy) pic.twitter.com/SvJiC9Bp3B
— 3AW Melbourne (@3AW693) April 5, 2018
In the interim, people are having a bit of fun:
100,000 chicken nuggets tipped on the hume highway after a truck rolled
It’s a travesty…especially if they are Maccas ones pic.twitter.com/XcG0vveABV
— ???????? Katie ???? (@ktdenise) April 5, 2018
Why is there chicken across the road?
This question never goes away.
— Pwoiter (@pwoiter) April 5, 2018
— Old Main Brewery (@Oldmainbrewery) April 5, 2018
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