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Here's the large mashed potato spill that caused traffic chaos on a UK road

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Jun 22nd 2014, 5:00 PM 5,996 Views 3 Comments

YESTERDAY, OFFICERS of the North Yorkshire Police were called to an incident where the road was completely blocked by a lorry’s spilled load of mashed potato.

The police tweeted this photo of the road AFTER most of the delicious carbs had been ploughed away.

Mashed Potatoe covering #A64 and #Crambeck. This is after majority ploughed away. Remaining residue frozen. pic.twitter.com/MDwy1ytp6T
— North Yorkshire Police (@NYorksPolice) June 21, 2014

Source: North Yorks Police/Twitter

And it took them so long to clear up the mash spillage, they had to issue updates on the “Instant Mash situation”.

Update on #A64 Instant Mash situation. Emergency Services are utilising various methods to clear. One lane will be open within the hour
— North Yorkshire Police (@NYorksPolice) June 21, 2014

Source: North Yorks Police/Twitter

Several methods were tried, including freezing chemicals and high-powered hoses.

Sadly the freezing chemicals are not lifting on the #A64, despite grit and ploughs. The road remains like an ice rink.. High Powered .....
— North Yorkshire Police (@NYorksPolice) June 21, 2014

Source: North Yorks Police/Twitter

...hoses are being used by fire service but it remains dangerous to road users and is slow going. We will keep you updated with progress
— North Yorkshire Police (@NYorksPolice) June 21, 2014

Source: North Yorks Police/Twitter

And the potato pile-up caused “extreme tailbacks” in the area.

We have managed to clear one lane on #A64. We are opening this lane up to westbound traffic from Scarborough now, due to extreme tailbacks
— North Yorkshire Police (@NYorksPolice) June 21, 2014

Source: North Yorks Police/Twitter

All in all, it hasn’t been a good weekend for food transport.

More: Here’s the M50 covered in flour this morning>

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Here's the large mashed potato spill that caused traffic chaos on a UK road

insert potato pun here