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Wednesday, June 25, 1997
Spuds aplenty on highway
ROSENBERG, Texas (AP) - This spud's for you - and you, and
you and you.
Local residents scooped up all the potatoes they could Monday
afternoon after a whopping 51,000 pounds spilled from a truck
headed to a Frito-Lay plant less than few miles away.
William Ernest Mervyn of Wisconsin was trying to park the truck
along the shoulder of Texas 36 North when the back of the vehicle
began to slide into a ditch, eventually turning over and dumping
the potatoes, Rosenberg police Sgt. Richard Warstler said. / "The
tail started slipping and then the entire truck went into the
ditch," said Mervyn, embarrassed but not injured.
Mervyn apparently had become lost and made a wrong turn when
exiting U.S. 59. He said he turned the truck around at the Fort
Bend County Fairgrounds and was trying to park so he could ask
for directions.
Texas Department of Transportation employees helped police
and fire officials clean up the mess.
People who came to the scene were allowed to take as many spuds
as they wanted. Several local charities also came by to load up.
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