Corndog Spill Shuts Down La. Highway as Snack Truck Overturns

An overturned tractor-trailer spilled its cargo of corndogs along I-220 in Shreveport, La., early Tuesday morning, shutting down the road for hours.

The corndog spill occurred around 3:40 a.m. local time, according to WBRZ in Baton Rouge. The road was closed until around 12:30 p.m. while crews cleaned up the area.

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State Police told WBRZ that the rig flipped and hit a guard rail, emptying thousands of the popular snacks out onto the road. No one was hurt in the accident.

Twitter was amused by the corndog chaos.

Corn dog truck overturns in Shreveport? In Louisiana, this is cause to declare a State of Emergency. http://t.co/nH8jwxQkIA

— Ben Garrett (@benwgarrett) March 25, 2014

LSU flags are at half mast for the corn dog incident in Shreveport today!

— Scott Fitzgerald (@ScottFitzAU) March 25, 2014

More on the Shreveport corn dog carnage, including a from-the-scene report on the 76,000 casualties. Oh the humanity. http://t.co/LC1XpKbyGg

— Michael Rodgers (@sagafood) March 25, 2014

This was the second corn-related spill in four months. In December, a truck driver apparently blacked out from a sneeze. His vehicle overturned in Pennsylvania, leaking corn syrup on the highway. Crews retrieved several hundred gallons of corn syrup in metal drums and soaked up the rest using anti-skid material.

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