Highway Covered in Chocolate, Wonka Unavailable for Comment
Really, what’s more fun than an over-turned truck full of chocolate?
Around 5 Thursday evening, a tractor-trailer carrying 45-thousand pounds of milk chocolate rolled over on 390 in Groveland. The driver lost control after he swerved to avoid a deer. The cab remained on the overpass and the trailer landed upside down on railroad tracks below.
That text is verbatim, by the way. I don’t know why they write it as ‘45-thousand’. The news story features a tiny, inscrutable photo. If anybody can make out what it is, let me know. Here’s a slightly-better photo.
November 5th, 2004 at 8:33 pm
If only Homer Simpson would have known!
November 7th, 2004 at 9:00 am
Man, I wish I’d been on THAT clean up crew!!!!!!!
November 8th, 2004 at 8:29 am
They’ve probably posted the broadcast script with little to no change. They write numbers like 45-thousand to help broadcasters read the copy more smoothly. Another sign is the “5 Thursday evening” — if it was written for print or web initially it would have said 5 p.m.