November 20, 2009
- Eugene, Oregon
Trucker: Burrito caused crash that closed I-5
By Associated PressWOLF CREEK, Ore. (AP) - A truck driver blamed his breakfast burrito for a crash on Interstate 5 that scattered a load of building materials across all four lanes of the freeway near Wolf Creek in Southern Oregon.
Drivers at the scene of the Monday morning crash helped clear 60-foot building joists from the southbound lanes. But northbound lanes of I-5 were blocked for nearly an hour. Ruonavaara was treated for minor injuries and cited. (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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The Mail Tribune newspaper reports that 62-year-old Bradley Lavern Ruonavaara of Murphy told Oregon State Police troopers he lost control of his tractor-trailer rig on a curve when he reached for his burrito.

