70,000 pounds of juice spills onto Highway 99 after multi-car crash, CHP says

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A motortruck operator was taken to the infirmary pursuing a multi-car clang that ended with 70,000 pounds of foodstuff spilling onto a Fresno highway.

The California Highway Patrol says the clang happened aft 2:45 a.m. Friday connected Highway 99 adjacent Herndon Avenue.

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Officers accidental the operator of the semi-truck mislaid power and deed a adjacent embankment, causing the semi to overturn into the 2 close lanes.

The semi-truck operator was taken to the infirmary with injuries to their arm.

The CHP says different semi-truck tried to debar the overturned semi and was rear-ended by a Ford F-250. Both drivers walked distant with mild injuries.

All lanes of Highway 99 were initially blocked owed to the clang but present postulation is unfastened to 1 lane.

Authorities accidental it volition instrumentality different 3 hours for each lanes to reopen.

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