An incident on the A14 at Godmanchester yesterday evening involved two jack-knifed lorries. One of these was loaded with tons of olive oil and tomatoes; as the cargo spilled onto the road, the scene looked like carnage.
The driver of one of the two trucks was taken to hospital but has since been discharged.
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Expectedly, social media users have been unable to resist weighing in with puns, with one calling it "a disaster, puree simple". A BBC Radio 2 listener asked if it "was suitable for traffic to passata safe distance", while another tweet read: "Some of our drivers had to go pasta this earlier today. They are starting to ketchup after the delay though."
A 37km stretch of the road was closed but has since reopened.
What looked like the set of a horror film was actually thousands of squashed tomatoes. The incident on the A14 at Godmanchester yesterday evening involved two jack-knifed lorries, including one carrying tons of olive oil and tomatoes. The road reopened just before 1pm today. pic.twitter.com/xRNJ7gMpxk
— Cambs Police 💙 (@CambsCops) June 2, 2021