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Big rig carrying sour cream overturns on Ore. highway

OAKRIDGE, Ore.

When a tractor-trailer rig loaded with 80,000 pounds of dairy products overturned on an Oregon highway southeast of Eugene, the main problem did not seem to be spilled milk but sour cream – lots and lots of sour cream.

The Register-Guard of Eugene reports that Oregon State Police spokesman Bill Fugate says the truck driver apparently failed to negotiate a curve Monday morning on Oregon Highway 58 and rolled the rig onto its side. The driver was unhurt.

The crash near Oakridge didn’t block the highway, but the fuel tanks needed to be pumped and the cargo removed before the truck could be pulled upright and removed. Oregon highway officials first thought the primary product was cheese but later determined it was mostly sour cream. They were trying to salvage as much as possible for nonprofit agencies.

The plan called for removing the cargo Monday, reopening Highway 58 overnight, then re-establishing a detour Tuesday while the truck was removed.

New Haven, Conn., police looking for burglar named Bob

NEW HAVEN, Conn.

Connecticut police say they’re looking for a burglar who goes by the name Bob.

Police say a woman reported a break-in about 2:30 a.m. Monday at her home in New Haven.

The woman told police she asked who was in her hallway and the man replied “Bob” before fleeing out a back door.

Police say no one who lives in the apartment knows Bob, who apparently entered through an unlocked front door.

Police say it doesn’t appear anything was stolen from the apartment.

It’s not an ostrich: Emu causes highway traffic jam in Ga.

DOUGLASVILLE, Ga.

Drivers may have mistaken it for an ostrich, but an emu was at the heart of a highway traffic jam in metro Atlanta.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that authorities in Douglas County received calls about a big bird running around Interstate 20 early Tuesday morning.

Douglas County sheriff’s Lt. Glenn Daniel says the emu had gotten loose from a private owner who lived nearby.

Several deputies corralled and captured the flightless bird. Daniel says it appeared to be scared but was not injured and was returned to its owner.

This is not the first instance of an unexpected animal wandering across I-20. In 2010, DeKalb police say a bison either fell or jumped out of a truck on the highway. The animal suffered broken legs and was euthanized.

Associated Press