{"id":165011,"date":"2026-08-12T10:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T10:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/165011\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T10:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T10:17:11","slug":"ketchup-chaos-as-spill-causes-traffic-bottleneck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/165011\/","title":{"rendered":"Ketchup chaos as spill causes traffic bottleneck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A truckload of tomato sauce has been spilt over a road after a lorry overturned leading to a bottleneck for traffic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The A148 has been closed near Fakenham at the A1065 Swaffham Roundabout, Norfolk County Council announced in a <a data-ylk=\"slk:social media post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Norfolkcc\/posts\/pfbid0A6sBCtLEW5iy9WqyBaPo8SdymmQqfByrctd7hiv47jdErtD97oMY9447WsXsVAm8l?locale=en_GB\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">social media post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police at the scene said the lorry was carrying condiments at the time, leading to the ketchup spill and a clean-up operation would now get under way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A spokesperson for the force said officers were called at 01:01 BST and one lorry was involved in the incident, with the driver suffering minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Ketchup covers mud on the side of the road and there are tyre marks through a patch of it on the road.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/bbc_us_articles_995\/644ac45459b32463a047acb0d2c39aa9.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The spilt tomato sauce needs to cleared from the road before it can be reopened [Clare Worden\/BBC]<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They added that an ambulance was initially called, but was then stood down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers said the road needed to be washed down before it could be reopened and a team was expected before midday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Traffic has been queuing at the site and police have advised motorists to avoid the scene and use the B1105 then B1355 as an alternative route.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The fire service said it was called to reports of a crash at 01:04 BST and that the scene &#8220;was made safe&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A blue POLICE - NO ENTRY sign stands at a roundabout. There is one white car at the other side of the roundabout.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/bbc_us_articles_995\/34574f4bfd4792fb53dc5c2a0382b4f9.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Police have advised drivers to find alternative routes [Clare Worden\/BBC]<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Do you have a story suggestion for Norfolk? 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