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PHOENIX, AZ. — A semi truck hauling coffee creamer crashed on the I-10 causing the big rig to rollover spilling a bunch of single serve coffee creamer onto the roadway.

Photo shows semi truck that crashed and rolled over spilling a load of coffee creamer all over the roadway on Interstate 10 in Phoenix, AZ on February 13, 2013.

The accident occurred on Wednesday, Feb. 13, shortly before 1:00 a.m. on the westbound I-10 at the so-called “Mini-Stack” exchange with Loop 202 and State Route 51 where the driver slid about 500 feet down the highway into a guardrail, spilling a bunch of single serve coffee creamer.

Map showing location of semi truck crash in Phoenix, AZ where a load of coffee creamer was spilled jamming traffic for hours at the “Mini Stack” exchange of the I-10 where it connects to State Route 51 and Loop 202 on February 13, 2013.

A hazmat crew was called to the scene since the truck also leaked fuel onto the roadway. The accident closed part of I-10 in central Phoenix that lasted well into the Wednesday morning commute.

The truck’s driver suffered minor injuries.

DPS officer Carrick Cook stated, “He says he doesn’t know what happened, but we’ll look in his log book to make sure he’s not over hours or committed any criminal infractions like that. And this might be just a case of sleepy driver.”

The cleanup process was not easy. A crew had to transfer hundreds of creamer boxes from the downed semi-truck to another. Then, ADOT had to clean up the slippery mess.

“We’ve actually had to reroute traffic north on I-17, 51 and 202 and added some significant congestion on those freeways on top of what would normally be there,” said Cook.

The westbound lanes of I-10 reopened midday.

Source: MyFoxPhoenix.com

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