A part of Interstate 55 in Memphis was pressured to shut round rush hour on Tuesday night after an 18-wheeler crashed and unleashed a load of alfredo sauce that spilled over a number of lanes.
The crash concerned a tractor-trailer carrying jars of 5 Brothers alfredo sauce, based on CBS affiliate WREG. No accidents had been reported, based on WREG.
The crash occurred round 4:30 p.m. close to McLemore alongside I-55. One girl was transported to a neighborhood hospital in non-critical situation, the Memphis Police Division instructed CBS Information. Police mentioned northbound visitors was briefly blocked as "alfredo sauce spilled on the interstate."
Movies and images from the scene confirmed a number of autos stopped on the shoulder of the interstate beneath an overpass. Nearer to the middle barrier, a semi-truck with a big gash in its cargo trailer could possibly be seen. A thick, white substance coated a number of lanes throughout the freeway. Authorities didn't initially affirm what the substance was, WREG reported, however a number of reporters had been in a position to establish it immediately.
"Yep, it is an alfredo sauce spill on I-55," the information outlet tweeted.
In the meantime, Fox 13 Memphis' Kate Bieri, whose notes from the scene went viral on social media, mentioned the aroma wafting over the interstate spoke for itself.
"You possibly can odor it!" Bieri wrote, sharing movies of the mess and subsequent cleanup operation.
The alfredo sauce spill occurred on the heels of an identical scenario that stalled visitors in California on Monday, when a big-rig truck crashed on Interstate 80 and spilled tomatoes throughout the highway, blocking lanes touring each eastbound and westbound.