Safeway Bread Dough Spill Halts Freeway Traffic

The northbound lanes were blocked until about 10:58 PM when one lane was re-opened.

Photo of crash scene: Oregon State Police

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Police say a commercial truck driver was cited following an injury traffic crash Sunday night on Interstate 5 in the Eugene/Springfield area that spilled a load of Subway bread dough products and blocked the northbound lanes for approximately 3 hours.

Senior Trooper Blaine Hlebechuk with Oregon State Police says last night just after 8:00 PM, a 2001 Freightliner truck pulling a 48-foot trailer loaded with Subway bread dough drifted onto the northbound shoulder of Interstate 5 near milepost 193 and crashed into a bridge support post for Centennial Boulevard.

Investigators say the impact tore the right side of the trailer away causing the majority of its load to spill onto the highway. Driver, 40-year old Jose Gonzales of Houston, Texas, suffered a non-life threatening arm unjury and was transported to Sacred Heart Hospital for treatment. He was cited for Failing to Maintain a Single Lane of Travel.

The northbound lanes were blocked until about 10:58 PM when one lane was re-opened.

OSP troopers from the Springfield Area Command office are completing the investigation. Springfield Fire Department and ODOT assisted.