A confectionary tanker carrying about 12 tons of chocolate overturned on a motorway between Slupca and Wrzesnia in Poland on Wednesday. As the 10-wheeler truck made its way down the A2 motorway, it stuck a barrier on the central median and the truck overturned spilling the liquid goo all over the highway. This left the firefighters puzzled as they didnā€™t know how to clean up tons of melted chocolate?

The driver was taken to the hospital with a broken arm but no one else was injured according to the reports. However, it is not clear what might have caused the truck to overturn. Local firefighters started clearing out the mess with the Slupca Fire Department said it could take some time to resolve.

Bogdan Kowalski of the Slupca Fire Department said, ā€œWe contacted the chocolate producer. Together, we agreed that you need to use pressurised hot water, but it will take a while. The cooling chocolate is worse than the snow.ā€ The liquid chocolate began to harden which made cleaning up more difficult, said the local authorities.

An investigation by Polandā€™s Road Transport Office will determine the cause of the incident. They advised that the highway was blocked in both directions. Marlena Kukawka, Slupcaā€™s police spokeswoman told the New York Times that this part of the A2 rarely has accidents. She also said that the clean-up crew which was using hot water to melt and wash away the chocolate was in good spirits. ā€œItā€™s been a long time since Iā€™ve seen so many smiles on the faces of emergency rescue folks and police officers at the scene of an accident,ā€ Kukawka said.

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