Hot dog spill closes Pennsylvania interstate
SHREWSBURY TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AUG 2 – Four people suffered non-life-threatening injuries and cleanup crews closed both directions of I-83 for hours after a tractor-trailer spilled 1,000 pounds of hot dogs across the highway.
- On Friday morning, a tractor-trailer overturns on Interstate 83 in Shrewsbury Township, spilling about 1,000 pounds of hot dogs and closing both directions.
- Pennsylvania State Police said the tractor-trailer had an unspecified mechanical problem that pushed it into a passenger vehicle and scraped along a concrete divider.
- In the aftermath of the crash, Shrewsbury Volunteer Fire Company used a front-end loader to scoop up the hot dogs, and PennDOT called in a truck to spread sand.
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The accident left four minor injuries and forced the cleaning of hundreds of sausages scattered on the track.
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“Once those [hot dogs] leave the truck and hit the road, that’s all garbage, and it’s still pretty warm,” said Shrewsbury Fire Company Chief Brad Daubermanshrewsbury Volunteer Fire Company/Facebook The aftermath of a multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 83 in Pennsylvania on Aug. 1, 2025NEED TO KNOWA multi-vehicle accident involving a tractor-trailer that was carrying thousands of hot dogs on Interstate 83 in Pennsylvania on Aug. 1 resulted in t…
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