Kicker: Spilled brew

NICK EICHER, HOST: Well, we know that beer and highways shouldn’t mix and now we have a messy reminder of that simple fact. They simply are not meant to go together.

Police had to close a section of Interstate 75 near Tampa a few days ago after a semi truck got into an accident trying to change lanes.

It was a kind of chain reaction—one thing led to another and before anyone knew it, its entire cargo spilled out onto the pavement, covering the roadway under an ocean of silver Coors Light cans.

No one was seriously hurt, thankfully. But the pileup involved five tractor trailers, so some serious fender-bending and probably some crying over the spilled beer.

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