Workmen clearing the inkjet spill (Credit: Kristi King/WTOP)
The freight truck’s load of inkjet cartridges caused “major traffic delays” in Virginia.
Washington Post and WTOP reported on the spillage on Interstate 95 in Lorton, Prince William County, with delays “of up to five miles” due to the accident. Nobody was injured in the accident, and the origin of the cartridges wasn’t disclosed either.
Clean-up crews “were working to clean up the ink” overnight, and it was “not immediately known what caused” the accident. The driver of the inkjet shipment was questioned by police, with the rod now reopened after the clean-up was completed. In May 2014, a “toxic spill” was found to be inkjet ink leaking from inkjet cartridges that had spilled onto the road outside a convention centre.