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Blueberries spill onto Mission roadway — for the second time in a month

Click to play video: 'Not your average traffic jam: Blueberries spilt all over B.C. highway'
Not your average traffic jam: Blueberries spilt all over B.C. highway
RCMP were called to a highway in Mission, B.C. on July 16, after crates of blueberries spilled onto the road, causing a traffic jam — no pun intended. This is the second blueberry related traffic incident that has occurred in the last month, and the driver was charged for operating with insecure cargo. Fortunately, no one was injured and the road was cleaned up, RCMP said – Jul 23, 2026

For the second time in a month, Mission, B.C., RCMP officers have had to deal with a sticky situation.

On July 9, a farmer’s load of blueberries spilled onto Lougheed Highway, creating a sticky, jammy mess, according to RCMP.

With blueberry harvesting season underway, on July 16, RCMP were called to the Horne Street overpass after crates of blueberries spilled onto the road.

“A witness reported the matter after seeing a motorcycle go slip-sliding through the mess, while other vehicles turned the matter into a very juicy incident indeed,” Mission RCMP quipped in a news release.

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“An officer attended and spoke with the truck driver, who was trying to clean up the spilled fruit, before the berries turned the stretch of roadway into a fruit-fly-freeway.”

RCMP said the driver blamed other farm workers for improperly loading the crates, but the officer reminded him that as the driver, he was ultimately responsible for ensuring the crates were properly secured.

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The driver received a ticket for operating with insecure cargo, under Section 35.03(2) of the BC Motor Vehicle Act.

Click to play video: 'Goopy mess shuts down stretch of highway southwest of Edmonton'
Goopy mess shuts down stretch of highway southwest of Edmonton

Fortunately, no one was injured and the road was cleaned up, RCMP said.

 

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