Truck Overturns, Spills 10,000 lbs of Salmon Onto Alaska Highway

Traffic was backed up for about 90 minutes.

ByABC News
July 26, 2016, 4:06 AM
Fish bins dott the median along a busy highway as authorities worked to clean up after a transport truck carrying chum salmon rolled on July 25, 2016, in Juneau, Alaska.
Fish bins dott the median along a busy highway as authorities worked to clean up after a transport truck carrying chum salmon rolled on July 25, 2016, in Juneau, Alaska.
Becky Bohrer/AP

— -- A truck carrying a load of seafood overturned and spilled salmon across a busy highway in Juneau, Alaska, according to police.

"Egan Drive blocked by about 10,000 pounds of Chum Salmon," Juneau police said in a Facebook post Monday evening.

"The cleanup effort is still underway. The scene smells a bit fishy," the statement quipped.

Police said the inbound traffic on the highway was completely blocked while outbound traffic was down to one lane.

The spill caused traffic to back up for about 90 minutes, according to officials.

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