Semi-truck overturns and spills 46K pounds of apple sauce on Illinois interstate

Maria Simulescu

Criss-cross, applesauce. A semi-truck rolled over and spilled tens of thousands of pounds of applesauce onto an Illinois Interstate Monday morning in a wild scene that backed up traffic for hours, according to reports and photos. The semi hauling the fruity goods overturned around 4:38 a.m. at milepost 76 on I-57, Illinois State Police told WCIA. The single-vehicle crash caused 46,000 pounds of applesauce — or the equivalent of 184,000 4-ounce applesauce containers — to flood out onto the