7 tons of pink hot dog filler oozes over interstate after big rig crash, PA cops say
More than 7 tons of hot dog filler recently busted out of a crashed big rig and oozed across an interstate in Pennsylvania, according to first responders.
The 18-wheeler was traveling along Interstate 70 “at a high rate of speed” when the driver lost control and swerved off the road, where it was “impaled by several trees,” a May 20 Pennsylvania State Police report said.
The sudden, violent stop caused the truck’s precious cargo to “catapult onto the roadway,” the report said.
Two people were treated at the scene, and the interstate was closed to one lane while the bubble gum-like substance was removed, the Rostraver Central Fire Department said in a Facebook post.
Pink slime is a critical component in the production of many brands of hot dog, serving as the meat within the case. It’s typically a mixture of leftover beef trimmings churned and treated into a paste that is unappealing but regulated and deemed safe by federal agencies.
The driver suffered minor injuries, the police report said, and “the roadway was then cleared of all hot dog debris.”
Upon further investigation, state police learned that the brakes on the big rig were “completely inoperable,” according to the report. Citations have been filed against the driver.
Rostraver Township is about 25 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
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