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Holy Guacamole! I-81 Avocado Spill Leaves Tractor-Trailer Dangling: PennDOT Holy Guacamole! I-81 Avocado Spill Leaves Tractor-Trailer Dangling: PennDOT
Holy Guacamole! I-81 Avocado Spill Leaves Tractor-Trailer Dangling: PennDOT A truck carrying avocados has spilled on Interstate 81, according to Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials.  The tractor-trailer, "failed to make a curve" from the I-81 North ramp to US 22 around 8 a.m. on Friday, May 12, 2023, PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler explained.  The trailer split open– along with hundreds of avocados, as they rolled, smooshed, and splattered onto the highway below. The trailer was also dangling off the ramp but crews have been working to put it back on the roadway, which also caused the trailer to rupture open even further– spilling …

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