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October 25, 2006 02:34pm
Article from: It was a nightmare scene on a Queensland highway when two freight trucks collided, spilling their cargoes of beer and munchies all over the road.
Up to 30 tonnes of beer and snack food were lost in the crash on the Bruce Highway in central Queensland about 3am (AEST) yesterday.
In a devastating sight for beer lovers, tonnes of the amber liquid - primarily XXXX Gold - as well as countless boxes of biscuits and potato chips were strewn across the highway following the collision about 50km south of Rockhampton.
One of the trucks reportedly veered onto the wrong side of the road, causing the other truck to swerve in an attempt to avoid a collision.
"When I arrived at 3.30am (AEST) there was beer and bickies for about 40 or 50 metres down the road, " Mt Larcom Police Station officer-in-charge Alistair Mearns said today.
Neither driver was seriously injured but it took about 12 hours for the debris to be cleaned up and the accident left one lane closed to traffic for most of the day.
