30,000lbs of squid lands in broccoli field

A big rig hauling 30,000 pounds of squid spilled its load at about 3 a.m. on Tuesday after the driver lost control south of Soledad.

The driver, a 71-year-old Oxnard man, was uninjured in the crash and no other vehicles were involved, the California Highway Patrol said.



The truck was travelling south on Highway 101, south of Los Coches Road, when the driver allowed the truck and trailer to go off the road, overturning on a dirt frontage road adjacent to the highway, CHP officers said.

As the truck and trailer flipped, the load of squid spilled onto the frontage road and into a broccoli field. Officers said the highway was not blocked and crews were called to clean up the squid and remove the wrecked truck and trailer.