First of all, let’s catch up on the facts.
Police say a heavy goods vehicle lost a wheel and jackknifed on the East Lancs Road (A580) – the main trunk road between Liverpool and Salford – spilling the ketchup all across the westbound carriageway.
Thankfully the lorry driver came away with only ‘bumps and bruises’ after the crash. There was said to be claret everywhere, but none of it was his.
As you can imagine, the incident has had many lapping up the news with a series of brilliant/awful gags…
No injuries after Lorry closes EastLancs Road, spills 22 tonnes of Ketchup.
Clean up underway, more bread required pic.twitter.com/KJzSM3I8mh
— Glen Hunt (@RadioGlen) November 26, 2015
East Lancs Road shut this morning after a lorry shed 22 tonnes of ketchup. That's according to local sauces.
— Mark Chapman (@markchapman) November 26, 2015
@markchapman @HonestFrank bound to be a bottleneck.
— Tom Livermore (@tomsbfc) November 26, 2015
https://twitter.com/wharfey11/status/669790068593266688
@markchapman it won't make anyone HP.
— Paddy Griffin (@paddyredimps) November 26, 2015
@markchapman 20mph speed limit due to loose chips also 😀
— Rob Kerr – I'm NOT a Robot, Darcey is the dog (@RobKerr32) November 26, 2015
https://twitter.com/Stewart63J/status/669787162041262080
It's genuine. Just trying to help local people so they don't get in a pickle. https://t.co/VmtoTfzApe
— Mark Chapman (@markchapman) November 26, 2015
https://twitter.com/RoDuSu/status/669792813605920768
https://twitter.com/jj_mclaughlin/status/669793268922777600
