(3/03/03 -- Utica, Mo.) — A tractor-trailer crash caused quite a pickle when hot dogs spilled across a highway in northwest Missouri.
Thousands of Ball Park Beef Franks _ some in boxes, some in shrink-wrapped packages and others scattered individually _ were strewn across U.S. 36 just west of Utica after the top of the trailer split open.
The truck crashed early Friday as it came over the crest of a hill about 100 feet before the eastbound lanes merge from two lanes into one.
The transition involves a 30 degree curve to the left. The area is marked with a flashing warning barrier, as well as "Construction Ahead" and "Left Lane Ends" warning signs several hundred feet before the transition.
"I didn't notice the sign that said 'Left Lane Ends,"' said driver Charles Dennis, 25. "I thought the lane was going to merge into my lane. As I was going down the hill, I saw the flashing lights. I didn't expect the curve to be so close to the lights. I began braking and my trailer ended up in the median."
Dennis, who drives for C.R. England of West Valley, Utah, was not injured. You can join Unsolved Mysteries and post your own mysteries or
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