How about a beer, eh?

[dgridley]

A beer truck flipped over on a roadway overpass in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Monday, prompting local officials to comment on the tragedy.

"It is sad," Capt. Scott Logan of the Halifax Regional Fire Service (search) told The Daily News of Halifax. "Chances are they won't recover any of the beer."

The truck, hauling 46,368 bottles of Alexander Keith's India Pale Ale (search), skidded to a stop against the overpass's guardrail, luckily avoiding a 50-foot plunge down to another road.

The female driver was pulled out of the cab uninjured — "more frazzled than hurt," according to Logan — letting rescuers focus on the calamitous aspects of the disaster.

"I had a tear in my eye, actually, when I was watching it," said police Constable Mark Hobeck. "It was full of beer. We were hoping a Hostess truck full of pretzels would come by, but no such luck."

 

[True_Snake]

:bah:

Never heard about that one; then again, haven't watched the news that often this week.

That's ALOT of beer.

Thanks DG!



True_Snake

 

[ZuraX]

When I was younger I had to goto Pittsburgh once every 2 or 3 months. One day we was on the bus and a beer truck was in front of us and one of the doors was open and cases of beer were falling out onto the street. The bus driver stopped the bus and a few guys got off and grabbed a few cases and got back on and off we went.

A few years ago my brother, a fireman, went to a call about a tractor trailer flipping over on the highway. It was full of Tyson boneless chicken, the driver said they would destroy the whole load even though only half of the boxes fell out. He told them to take all they wanted. So all the firemen grabbed what they could and even went back in their own cars to get more. Needless to say we had chicken for months.. good thing my mom had a big freezer that was empty LOL.

 

[True_Snake]

:lol:

That's funny! :D


True_Snake

 

[Chris]

Thank goodness that the driver wasn't injured. I'm sure the police didn't get a whole lot of work done after dealing with all of the beer.

Thanks for sharing it David.

 

[The Equivocate]

I can just imagine drunks from all over the region start to pop up and start licking the ground trying to save some beer...