Port-A-John Truck Crash Creates Constipated Traffic
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There’s really no better start to a news story than the following from Kiro TV in Washington:
“A truck hauling portable toilets crashed Tuesday on Interstate 5 near Bellingham.
They were not empty.”
In a crash that must have left every driver on the I-5 highway in a seriously crappy mood, the port-a-john truck struck another vehicle, blocking both lanes of the freeway with wreckage and dumping about 20 gallons of pure human waste.
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After an hour, the traffic backup had extended to five miles behind the scene as an honest-to-goodness haz-mat team worked with a pump truck to wipe up the spilled…er, material.
The Washington State Department of Transportation, by the way, was very amused:
Now this day really stinks! All lanes SB I-5 near Lake Samish closed due to a collision. Hear it involves truck with porta potties.
— WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) July 14, 2015
SB I-5 constipated south of Bellingham. 5-mile backup from Lake Samish to just south of Fairhaven. #pottypocalypse
— WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) July 14, 2015
Thankfully, there were only minor injuries, according to State Trooper Mark Francis.
To paraphrase a common saying, some days you are the dog, and some days you, the car next to you, and the whole highway are the hydrant.
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