Lorry Drops Load Of Biscuits Forcing Road Closure

A road had to be closed in after a lorry dropped a load of biscuits.

The treats were crumbled all over Ilkeston Road in Sandiacre, Derbyshire, yesterday (Monday 4 April evening), causing minor delays in the area.

But while minor delays and biscuit waste are not laughing matters, for police, this was a relatively trivial incident, and so they decided to have some fun with it.

Sharing the news of the spillage, the Erewash response team tweeted: "Please bare with us this evening whilst we try and 'digest' this issue….

"A lorry load of @McVities finest have decided to abandon ship causing a slight obstruction!

"#PostYourBestBiscuitPuns #CanAnyoneBringUsABrew"

Naturally, many locals offered to chip in and help out with the clean up, while others duly shared their crumby biscuit puns.

One person commented: "Drove past earlier with a cup of tea, got done for dunk driving."

Another added: "Apparently there are some Fox’s in the road too but police are just telling everyone to Go Ahead!"

While another woman simply said 'My sheep love digestive biscuits', which is interesting, I suppose.

Local humans and sheep hoping to be deployed for the clear up job were disappointed though, as the cops brought in a few recovery vehicles to help sort out the mess.

LADbible has contacted McVitie's and Lidl for comment on the spillage (Lidl as there appeared to be Tower Gate biscuits among the scattered piles).

It could have been worse though folks - the biscuits could have been fish.

I mean, a road blockage is a road blockage, but fish is worse because it's a great big waste of life and it stinks - as motorists near Truro, in Cornwall, found out the hard way.

The A39 was closed for almost three hours after a lorry dropped thousands of fish on the road back in January 2020.

Locals claimed they could smell the fishy pile from a mile away, while a motorist claimed they were almost sick as they drove past.

Passenger Nick Flower described it as 'the last thing you expect to see coming out of Truro'.

He said: "We were stuck in the traffic for 45 minutes prior to passing the lorry, but we could smell the fish from over a mile away.

"When we passed there were trails of fish for 150 yards down the road and what looked like a slush on the road from the contents of the lorry.

"There was three police vehicles and one fire engine on the scene.

"We had just spent the day in Truro shopping for my girlfriend's birthday. It's just the last thing you expect to see coming out of Truro."