CRUNCH! Potato chip trucks collide
EMS workers treat one of the injured drivers on the scene of the crash

 

Published on 10/11/2008
Written by Scott Harper

Two Frito Lay delivery trucks traveling in opposite directions collided on Highway 701 in northern Georgetown County Saturday morning.
The accident happened at about 7:40 a.m. Saturday about a mile south of the Yauhannah Lake Bridge.
S.C. Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Sonny Collins said the delivery truck driver who was northbound was not able to stop in time to stop for a car in his lane that was about to make a turn.
In order to avoid the car, the driver swerved to the southbound lane and hit the other Frito Lay truck nearly head on.
One of the trucks was totaled in the crash and the other sustained substantial front end damage.
Collins said both drivers received minor head injuries. Their names were unavailable.
When asked about the odds of two identical trucks from the same company headed in opposite directions colliding on a rural stretch of highway, Collins said it is very strange.
“It’s not something you see every day,” he said.

Like two chips passing in the night... Did they get free tows?

Posted by peter poster - news you can't use on 10/23/2008

lol... i just checked out snopes lol... i see frito lay there... it is very funny in away i'm just glad to know one got killed... so at lt least were able to laugh about this i see most of theses guys every day on my route glad a i'm wise... lol wise not to munch and crunch and drive at the same time... So is frito lay going to put the damage chips on truck on sale? buy one get one free.... lol

Posted by rhonda wise chip chick on 10/21/2008

This story is strange enough to have made it to the snopes.com website, under the "Daily Snopes" news round-up. Is News of the Weird next?

Posted by Boris on 10/20/2008

Now maybe they will make those bags easier to open. It's down right dangerous to munch and crunch!

Posted by panthster on 10/16/2008

frito lay glad you guys are alright!! so are thoses chips on the truck going on sell? lol guess you can just crash one..... wise chip chick

Posted by rhonda on 10/16/2008

Can u say INSURANCE SCAM!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Don't-b-dumb on 10/15/2008

*ahem* publisher of the above photo: COME ON!, a pic 2401.78 KB (2459422 bytes) in size, yet only 304x405 pixels??? sheesh! guess y'all wanted to prolong the suspense? lol

Posted by Bass on 10/15/2008

A while back a peanut butter truck collided with a chocolate truck and, well you know the rest of the story.

Posted by Christopher Vigliotti on 10/15/2008

Hey if we locked up everyone then we wouldn't have crime either. And if we had to stand in long lines to get x-ray, cavity searched and credit checked, we wouldn't have terrorism either. Hey everyone, let's all stay home. Never leave the house, and you'll be sooo safe. Alternatively, we bomb everyone who might ever have the notion to hurt us. Preemptive strikes!

Posted by mr.logic on 10/14/2008

Just think if all motorist wore helmets the head injuries would drop. Posted by Mr Davidson on 10/11/2008 You have GOT to be kidding me. Just think.. If we all wore Full Body Armor Suits all the time, we'd never get hurt badly! And.. take it ever farther! If we all stayed inside the womb instead of all this dangerous 'being born' stuff, no one would EVER get hurt!! The world exists, regardless of all these efforts to 'distance ourselves' from it. Life goes on, and dealing with the consequences of your actions is what separates the adults from the children. Live life, don't hide from it.

Posted by dedbob on 10/14/2008

Yes I think it would be better if we had helmets,For good reason. #1 I could use it for a bath room wouldn't have to stop.#2 Put food in it and eat going down the road.#3 Cover up drugs when you get pulled over.#4 The cop smells beer on your breath.And tells you get out of the car you take off like a bat out of hek #5 Roll the window down . Pick up very carefully and empty out the urine, frito lays,and drugs out the window.#6 by this time you are going 90 plus mile and hour.#7 You grab the helmet put it on, because there is a good chance There may be a frito lays truck in the way Which causes a accident.#8 when the cops pull you thru the window it may save your head because the cops is going to beat the you know what out of you.# Leave your helmt on when they put you in the patrol car. because it's the "LAW"!!!!!!!!This is for my buddy John E. P/S Its a good idea to have a helmet on . In case a car rolls over your head.(It just makes sense)

Posted by John E. on 10/14/2008

The best part of this story is that YOU KNOW WHERE IT HAPPENED. Bravo, Georgetown, SC, Times for putting the name of the town or city where the newspaper is published right up there, where we in Florida, Japan, Germany, and Chile can see it. Very little is as annoying as some podunk paper's editors expecting the world to know where Springfield, Hooterville, or The Greater Murray/Tiburn/Graham Valley is. Kudos, also, for fighting the urge to invoke some lame pun based on the You Can't Crash Just One meme. Seriously. Good work, folks.

Posted by Natasha Fatale on 10/14/2008

Just think if all motorist wore helmets the head injuries would drop.

Posted by Mr Davidson on 10/11/2008

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