This Month In Overturned Trucks: Corn, Ice Cream, Poultry

This Month In Overturned Trucks is The Takeout's monthly roundup of overturned trucks spilling shit over public roadways.

Chickens: A trailer carrying chickens overturned on Sandtown Road near Felton, Delaware, on Dec. 12. WDEL reports the road was closed temporarily to allow for "extensive cleanup of livestock debris." The accident also created power outages for the surrounding area.

Chickens and ducks: 5,000 live chickens and ducks spilled across I-84 near Southbury, Connecticut on Dec. 10 following a tractor-trailer accident, reports ABC-7 NY. Animal control and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection assisted in the recovery and inspection of loose animals.

Corn: Kernels spilled onto both sides of Loop 820 in Fort Worth, Texas, on Dec. 18, when an 18-wheel truck heading north veered into the southbound lanes, reports WFAA. Authorities closed southbound lanes were closed and reduced northbound traffic to one lane while debris was cleared.

Ice cream: Nearby residents helped themselves to ice cream after a truck carrying tubs of it overturned on Route R36 in Limpopo, South Africa, on Dec. 14, The Citizen reports.

Milk: A portion of Route 222 near Ephrata Township, Pennsylvania, was closed for hours on Dec. 12 after a truck driver hauling milk fell asleep and overturned the truck, Lancaster Online reports. Crews from Ephrata Pioneer Fire Company and Haz-Mat worked to clean up the milk and diesel spillage.

Unspecified produce: An overturned semi truck carrying unspecified produce closed eastbound I-40 outside Flagstaff, Arizona, on Dec. 18. The driver sustained only minor injuries, KAFF News reports.