Traffic in city roads are never smooth especially during the peak hours. Overcrowding is expected at certain hours of the day and it could even get worse as construction projects can anytime spring up around the city. And those of us living the highway life, are very well aware of the varying kinds of cargo that carries enough commodities travelling in the highways and side streets. While at a majority; goods safely reach the destination, but accidents do happen, and the aftermath is plain gross or could be a tedious task for the crews to clean up the mess. Yes, we are talking about the highway spills. On May 23, a truck driver hauling 40,000 pounds of chicken feathers rolled over street of South 320th in Seattle, Washington, spilling feathers all over.

Reportedly, the driver was carrying load of chicken feather from Kelso to Mount Vernon in Washington state early Wednesday. When investigated, the driver admitted that he fell asleep that caused a crash on Interstate 5 near Seattle. Traffic engineers did the calculation and concluded that there were nearly 18 million feathers.

Pics of Truck Carrying 40,000 Pounds of Chicken Feathers. 

The Washington State Department of Transportation shut down all lanes as the workers were engaged in cleaning the mess and dragged the truck away. The Seattle Times reported that the expressway reopened at around 7:30 am, but a backup stretched for miles. No injuries or any involvement of other vehicles were reported. As per the law in such cases, drivers have been quoted second-degree for negligent driving and even fined up to $550. In fact, the company that employed the driver is liable to pay for the cleaning.

Highway spills have eventually become popular with numerous crazy incidents. Earlier this month two such events happened. On May 10, a tanker truck was reported to spill over 12 tonnes of liquid chocolate after crashing through a traffic barrier in Poland’s highway. Again, on May 6, over 3,000 bees escaped from the containers in a truck that was carrying the swarm of bees to North Carolina. But what interested the most was that the driver did not get stung even once in the drive. Quite adventurous! Wondering what could hone the highways next?

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on May 24, 2018 10:11 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).