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14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. traffic

By The Associated Press

Story Created: May 19, 2008 at 10:33 AM EDT

Story Updated: May 19, 2008 at 12:24 PM EDT

MORRIS, Ill. (AP) - Got milk?

Police say a trailer loaded with 14 tons of double-stuffed Oreos has overturned, spilling the cookies still in their plastic sleeves into the median and roadway.

Illinois State Police Sgt. Brian Mahoney says the truck's driver was traveling from Chicago to Morris on Interstate 80 around 4 a.m. Monday when he fell asleep at the wheel and slammed into the median.

"The boxes came out of the trailer and boxes were ripped open," he said.

The crash about 50 miles southwest of Chicago remains under investigation.

Mahoney says no charges have been filed but both lanes of traffic remain closed while authorities remove the cookies.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Tuesday, May 20 at 4:30 PM rpc wrote ...

I guess that's how the cookies crumble!!

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