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Uncooked Swedish meatballs. Now imagine 20 tons of these.
food

A 20-Ton Meatball Spill Surprises Swedish Drivers

If only they'd fallen onto plates.
Paula Mejia November 20, 2017
news

A Truck Spilled Nails All Over a Highway in Louisiana

It was as though it were seeking vengeance against cars.
Cara Giaimo September 27, 2017
Somehow this is considered breakfast rather than dessert.
crime

The Case of the Disappearing Nutella Truck

German police are looking out for more than $80,000 of sweet contraband.
Erik Shilling August 18, 2017
news

A Frozen Pizza Spill Shut Down a Slice of an Arkansas Interstate

When pizza's on a highway / you can eat pizza anytime.
Cara Giaimo August 10, 2017
news

Truck Full of Dough Rises Ahead of Schedule

Interstate 5 in Washington suffered the sticky consequences.
Cara Giaimo July 25, 2017
Old Car City in White, Georgia.
White, Georgia

Old Car City

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.
infrastructure

This Very, Very Heavy Truck Is Too Much for Rhode Island

That's 280 tons, if you're counting.
Erik Shilling July 3, 2017
Yuck.
news

Spilt Milk Closed Down a New Jersey Road

No one brought cookies.
Eric Grundhauser May 18, 2017
beer

Long Island Has Suffered a Bud Light Truck Spill

Cases of brewskis were strewn all over the road.
Cara Giaimo March 23, 2017
news

A Seattle Taco Truck Opened in the Middle of a Highway Traffic Jam

Stuck in an 8-hour gridlock, the Tacos El Tajin truck made the best of a bad situation.
Cara Giaimo February 28, 2017
news

A Sheep Head Truck Spill Closed a Road in New Zealand

It was offal.
Cara Giaimo February 10, 2017
Picture this, but dumped all over a massive, gritty highway.
news

A Massive Syrup Spill Gums Up a Vermont Highway

What a waffle mess.
Cara Giaimo February 7, 2017
animals

A Truck Full of Puppies Crashed in New York State

The puppies are fine.
Cara Giaimo January 27, 2017
A photo tweeted by Indiana State Police Sergeant John Perrine shows the extent of the spill.
news

Lost: 38,000 Pounds of a Trucker's Marbles

They spilled all over an Indianapolis highway.
Erik Shilling January 23, 2017
news

A Wisconsin Highway, Covered in Red Skittles

Hundreds of thousands of them fell out of a flatbed pickup.
Cara Giaimo January 19, 2017
art

Watch a Glittering Disco-Ball Cement Mixer Illuminate a Construction Site in France

An artist's invention turns roadways and construction sites into unconventional party zones.
Lauren Young December 13, 2016
In Indiana in August 2016, a truck crashed and spilled 23,000 lbs of paint.
maps

Mapping the Year in Truck Spills

From pennies to Port-o-Potties, an exhaustive tally of 2016's most extraordinary highway truck spills.
Atlas Obscura December 6, 2016
2002 Bundaberg utes
Deniliquin, Australia

Deni Ute Muster

The world's largest gathering of flatbed coupes can be found annually at this rural festival in New South Wales.