A Load of Crap: Truck spills manure on Nova Scotia highway

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What’s one of the worst things you can accidentally run over in your car? Fetid roadkill? Perhaps a wayward aluminium ladder shed from a load of construction material? After a late-night agricultural spill, a few Nova Scotia drivers can add another entrant to that list: a huge swath of manure.

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Local responders were initially called to the scene with reports of several vehicles suddenly and inexplicably deciding to closely examine the roadside shrubbery. Reaching the area, it was found that a truck had managed to spill its load of farming manure all over the roadway, creating very slippery and dangerous driving conditions.

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This wasn’t some backwater rural route, however: the spill happened right on the Trans-Canada Highway, specifically a four-lane portion which one must traverse while heading across the province. Many drivers thought this delay was a bunch of BS, though a brief detour was available. Ironically, some were routed through Highway #2. I promise we are not making that up.

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Crews were called from nearby Onslow-Belmont Fire brigade who attended to the scene, clearing the road with high-pressure fire hoses. Distressingly, some drivers who made their way through this mess later commented on Facebook that the manure “acts just like slush”, which is a phrase and image we truly hope you are not processing while trying to get through your morning bowl of Wheaties. Indeed, someone posted a picture of its accumulation on their white Ford Edge, and it absolutely seems to have collected on that car’s rocker panel just like a good dose of springtime road slush. You can find that picture on your own, if you wish to sully your eyes.

Local social-media watchers were quick to clear the air once the mess had been removed, advising drivers that the issue had been flushed to history after a few hours’ work by the fire brigade.