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MORRIS, Ill., May 19 (UPI) -- Illinois police said they had to close several lanes of a highway after a truck carrying Oreos rammed into the median, scattering cookies all over the road.
The cookie spill took place early Monday on Interstate 80 near Morris, Ill., said Master Sgt. Brian Mahoney of the Illinois State Police.
The truck was transporting about 20,000 pounds of Oreo cookies when the accident occurred, the Chicago Tribune reported.
It is reported the force of the crash caused the trailer to fall open and all the cookies to fly onto the highway's eastbound lanes.
The truck driver suffered no injuries, but the highway was shut down for massive cookie clean-up, which lasted several hours, Mahoney said.
Authorities said they are looking into what prompted the incident.
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