Overturned trucks spill crabs, milk onto roadways

Ashley Coker

Image: Parksley Volunteer Fire Company

IMAGE: PARKSLEY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY

Motorists were in a pinch after load of crabs spilled onto a Virginia street Saturday afternoon.

The driver hauling the crabs ran off the roadway, then attempted to overcorrect, according to Hopeton, Virginia emergency responders. The driver had to be extricated from the truck, but he sustained only minor injuries and was treated by EMS at the scene.

Parksley, Virginia Volunteer Fire Company responded to the scene and assisted with cleanup. Aaron Pennell Adkins commented on the fire company’s Facebook status about the incident, claiming the driver was his brother.

Adkins said his brother made it out of the accident “fine,” but many of the crabs were not so lucky.

“Some [crabs] actually survived. Some have road rash. I wouldn’t eat those,” Adkins quipped.

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Crabs were not the only food product spilled Saturday. Further north in Wisconsin, spilled milk closed a roadway down for several hours.

The highway was flooded with milk after the truck hauling it was involved in a multi-vehicle accident Saturday morning.

The milk truck was overturned in the crash, which happened around 11:30 a.m. in Menasha, Wisconsin.

A total of four vehicles were involved, and two people sustained non-life-threatening injuries as a result of the accident, according to Menasha Police Department.

It took emergency responders about three hours to clear debris from the crash, including the milk, from the roadway.

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Chris Henry

Chris Henry has spent his entire 20-year career in transportation. In 2014, he founded the online motor carrier benchmarking service StakUp. As a result of a partnership with the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) in 2015, StakUp was rebranded as inGauge and Henry became the program manager for the TCA Profitability Program (TPP), an exclusive benchmarking initiative that includes more than 230 motor carrier participants throughout North America. Since joining the program, participation in TPP has grown over 300%. In June 2019, StakUp was acquired by FreightWaves and Henry became its vice president of carrier profitability, in addition to his role with TPP. Henry earned an MBA from the University of Massachusetts and a bachelor of commerce degree from Nipissing University.