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'Carrot hazard' slows traffic on Tasmanian highway

ABC Australia · May 11, 2026, 9:33 AM

Key takeaways

  • The spilled carrots caused traffic to slow, with a clean-up expected to take place tonight.
  • Tasmania Police said it is believed a truck carting the produce "lost some of its load", resulting in thousands of carrots in the westbound lanes of the highway, near Lillico.
  • Police attended the scene from about 4:20pm and said there were no injuries involved.

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The spilled carrots caused traffic to slow, with a clean-up expected to take place tonight. (Supplied: Andrea Smith)

Link copied Share Share article Police are calling for witnesses to a traffic incident that saw bundles of carrots spill onto the Bass Highway in north-west Tasmania this afternoon.

Tasmania Police said it is believed a truck carting the produce "lost some of its load", resulting in thousands of carrots in the westbound lanes of the highway, near Lillico.

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