On Saturday morning, a tractor-trailer carrying thousands of pineapples overturned on Rt 495NB in Westford, spilling the fruit onto the highway in an event dubbed the 'pineapplapocalypse'. Massachusetts State Police responded to the incident, which involved a two-vehicle crash causing the tractor-trailer to roll over off the side of the road. The driver was taken to Lowell General Hospital with minor injuries. Cleanup efforts continued throughout the day, with one lane of traffic getting by and two lanes closed.
A tractor-trailer carrying pineapples overturned on Saturday morning spilling thousands of the fruit on I-495 in Westford. https://t.co/Y7VEDXL7B1
Part of Interstate 93 closed in NH amid multiple crashes | Click on the image to read the full story https://t.co/wnsqLLhL9J
A tractor-trailer carrying pineapples overturned on Saturday morning spilling thousands of the fruit on I-495 in Westford. 📸 MSP https://t.co/teoMDOVSlz https://t.co/axHTkoSJut
Pineapplapocalypse on Rt 495 https://t.co/FjPfWKHMW2
UPDATE—Cleanup of spilled pineapples and rolled tractor-trailer continues on Route 495 in Westford. One lane of traffic is getting by. Two lanes closed. #MATraffic https://t.co/69B9zsuJJe https://t.co/RRX83VwOAg
Tractor-trailer hauling pineapples overturns in Westford https://t.co/eNwq1onhxv
Truck carrying thousands of pineapples crashes on Mass. highway | Click on the image to read the full story https://t.co/7MnQ8hXAWp
This morning Troopers responded to Rt 495NB in Westford for a 2-vehicle crash that caused a tractor-trailer to rollover off side of the road. Driver was taken to Lowell General w/ minor injuries. The truck was hauling thousands of pineapples, many of which spilled onto the brush. https://t.co/d5PTLXE9mW
Delivery truck, tractor-trailer, 2 sedans involved in crash | Click on the image to read the full story https://t.co/6ng1M34rBT