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'Carrot hazard' slows traffic on Tasmanian highway
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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