PHOTOS: Sausage and sauce spills onto roadway after semi-truck flips on Florida’s Turnpike

WILDWOOD, Fla. - A semi-truck carrying sausage and sauce crashed just south of I-75 on Friday night, according to Florida Highway Patrol.

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Courtesy: Florida Highway Patrol

Troopers say the semi-truck was headed south on Florida's Turnpike near the 307 Milepost, south of the junction with I-75 around 6:20 p.m. According to officials, the driver, a 47-year-old Minnesota man, lost control after suffering a tire failure.

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FHP says the semi-truck traveled to the shoulder, hit a guardrail and flipped. Sausage and sauce that was inside the semi spilled onto the roadway, which caused a portion of the southbound lanes on the Turnpike to close.

The driver escaped without injuries, according to authorities.

The roadway was reopened at 3 a.m. on Saturday.

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