Tonnes of chicken nuggets gone in serious truck smash

A TRUCK loaded with 20 tonnes of chicken nuggets has crashed into a car on the Hume Freeway in Epping and is causing major delays this morning.

A TRUCK carrying almost $500,000 worth of chicken nuggets bound for McDonald’s has crashed into a car and flipped on its side on the Hume Freeway causing major delays.

The B-double truck loaded with 20 tonnes of chicken nuggets collided with a car parked in the city-bound emergency stopping lane in Epping at 11.20pm.

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It caused the truck to crash through the centre-median barriers and flip in the air before coming to rest on its side across the northbound lanes.

The driver and his dog emerged from the truck uninjured.

Clean up of the chicken nugget spill on the Hume Freeway. Picture: Nicole Garmston

Workers clear boxes of chicken nuggets from a truck. Picture: Nicole Garmston

A truck carrying boxes of chicken nuggets crashed, blocking the Hume Freeway. Picture: Nicole Garmston

Hundreds of boxes of chicken nuggets and fish fillets thrown out because of a truck smash in Melbourne. Picture: Nicole Garmston

Delays on Hume Freeway after truck with chicken nuggets rolls. Picture: Nicole Garmston

The stationary car — which was empty — has been left a crumpled wreck.

All northbound lanes are expected to remain closed between the Ring Road and Cooper Street until about 10am.

McDonald’s is currently offering 24 chicken nuggets for $9.99, equating to $416,250 if one million of the bite-sized food was lost.

The chicken nuggets will need to be unloaded from the double trailer truck for it to be overturned.

“They need to unload them to hoist it back over,” a VicRoads spokesman said.

Emergency crews are also working to clear 1000 litres of diesel which spilt from the truck as a result of crash.

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