Thread: Smashing Pumpkins: Trucker Loses Haul On I-696

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Remains of pumpkins litter the shoulder of I-696 after being pulverized by passing drivers. (WWJ Photo/Ron Dewey)
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FARMINGTON HILLS (WWJ) – The morning commute for drivers on I-696 near Orchard Lake Road got off to a smashing start Wednesday.

Traffic tipsters flooded the WWJ tip line around 6:20 a.m. Wednesday reporting a truck that spilled its entire haul of pumpkins, sending the orange gourds across the freeway – pulverized by passing drivers.

Tipster Pat Carmichael described the scene.

“There are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of these pumpkins… There’s three lanes that are just covered with smashed pumpkins,” Carmichael said. “I’m just now getting toward Telegraph and the truck’s been pulled over by a police officer. The back of the truck has been sheared off.”

Horrifying pictures at link! http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/10/...haul-on-i-696/

poor pumpkins...they could have had a great home at my house...

I know! What a sad waste!

Also- imagine the delicious smell of freshly smashed pumpkin! It would be marvelous!

And just last week it was corn dumped om I -96 in michigan...wow