A semi-truck overturned on the 10 Freeway in California on Monday, spilling hundreds of gallons of syrup onto the road and snarling traffic for hours. As a result of the sticky situation, authorities closed the westbound lanes of the 10 Freeway in Fontana for nearly nine hours.
The accident occurred at Citrus Avenue around 11:20 a.m, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP didn’t fully reopen the roadway until around 8 p.m. Monday night.
Removing the wrecked semi-truck went smoothly. Crews flipped it back upright and towed it away from the scene. The spilled syrup posed a much bigger problem, however. CBS News reports that the oozing syrup created an inch-thick layer of goo across all of the westbound lanes…