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5,000 gallons of molasses spill in Sugar Land

DJ_Canada

Posted: 18 July 2008 03:56 PM

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I thought this only happened in the movies…

SUGAR LAND, Texas (AP) — A sticky mess has been cleaned up after an overturned tanker truck poured 5,000 gallons of molasses onto a major Texas highway.

Drivers heading to Sugar Land were rerouted Thursday after the afternoon accident shut down Texas 6 at Southwest Freeway for eight hours.

City of Sugar Land spokeswoman Pat Pollicoff told The Houston Chronicle the road was closed until midnight Thursday because of the coating of “healthy, all natural molasses.” The spilled molasses was supposed to be used in cattle food.

The 26-year-old driver of the truck, Joe Albert Loya, was taken to a hospital with minor head injuries.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2008/07/18/6196526-afp.html

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Posted: 19 July 2008 06:27 AM

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Nope. It’s happened more than once. Molasses is dangerous stuff.

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Posted: 19 July 2008 11:49 AM

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They’d better be sure that it’s all cleaned up before it ferments into rum. . .otherwise there will be roadkilled pirates all up and down the highway.

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