No one was hurt in an incident involving a food spillage on the A14 in Cambridgeshire but it left the road looking like the set of a horror film and led to some even more horrific puns.
Cambridgeshire police said the incident at Godmanchester on Tuesday evening involved two jack-knifed lorries, including one carrying tonnes of olive oil and tomatoes.
Apparently police are watching recordings on Ketchup.
— Si Hallett (@da_big_fish) June 2, 2021
Tomato puree spillage closes A14 in Cambridgeshire https://t.co/XR8T6gfISb
A truck spilt passata on the A14. Luckily nobody was seriously hurt and nobody pasta way @guardian #Pasta pic.twitter.com/wi7tJmpFmB
— Scott (@ScottCa41195981) June 3, 2021
Highways England carried out emergency resurfacing works and the road reopened just before 1pm on Wednesday. In the meantime, the incident led to a feast of jokes from Twitter users.
Too many jokes.... but its a mess, puree and simple. I hope drivers safely passata by the sauce of the incident and were able to ketchup on time..... #tomatojokes #Taxiforcoulthard
— Dr Lisa Morrison Coulthard ?? (@LisaMCoulthard) June 2, 2021
BBC News - Tomato puree spillage closes A14 in Cambridgeshirehttps://t.co/lLsWIKkmFe
The #A14 is due to be re-opened shortly after police identified the sauce of the spillage. https://t.co/CtlQ3Z9Ssq
— Simon Jerrison (@SimonJerrison) June 2, 2021
It could have been worse, at least it didn't happen on spaghetti junction.