Beer, Chips Spill Onto Freeway When Busch, Frito Lay Trucks Collide
MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) - It wasn't a happy hour for some central Florida drivers when trucks carrying Busch beer and Frito Lay chips collided, spilling them both along Interstate 95.
The crash happened early Wednesday morning near Melbourne.
Busch Beer + Frito Lays chips = Crash that shuts down I-95 in Florida: https://t.co/SSc7BK7rad pic.twitter.com/VzgFMOeplw
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Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Kim Montes said in statement that Zachary Basinger of Melbourne had stopped his Frito Lay box truck onto the right shoulder.
Roberto Ferrer Rodriguez of Miami told troopers he was trying to move his beer truck into the center lane but saw another vehicle and swerved back into the right lane. His truck struck the chips truck.
2 trucks carrying beer and chips crashed on I-95. No injuries, but many lost beers. https://t.co/ZCKReUJQuv pic.twitter.com/pwljdQYcEa
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The Frito Lay truck overturned. The beer and chips spilled onto the highway. Traffic backed up as troopers closed the road while clearing the debris.
Rodriguez was ticketed for failing to maintain a single lane.
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