It took hours for crews to clean up a massive mess on the 10 Freeway in Fontana on Monday after a semi-truck overturned, spilling a truckload of syrup across all lanes.
It happened in the westbound lanes of the 10 Freeway at Citrus Avenue around 11:20 a.m.
Eventually, the truck was removed, but syrup was still oozing across the mainlanes of the freeway.
AIR7 flew above the scene, where a major backup extended more than five miles to the east — all the way to Colton — after all westbound lanes were closed. Traffic was being directed off the freeway at Citrus Avenue…