1:12 PM: Thanks to the reader who texted, “A truck just dumped boxes and boxes of avocados on Spokane Street (Viaduct) where the huge construction bumps are.” SDOT confirms it, though the camera is zoomed in so close, we don’t know (yet) which direction.
1:19 PM: SDOT says it’s on the eastbound side, and says a response team is on the way to clean this up. Also awaiting info on how it happened, etc.
3:32 PM: Added that photo from our original texter. Not a huge spill.
Fear not folks, I just checked with Chef Beto and he made a ton of guacamole for the day. C’mon in! 🥑
A tesla full of hipsters with dry toast was seen heading towards the scene at high speed…
You mean a group of millennials to poor to eat avocado toast because their corporate overlords make hundreds of thousands times more money than their skilled workers, while owning ridiculous amounts of things they barely use and telling everyone they should pull themselves up by their bootstraps and work harder. Am I right?
Strangely, this was followed by accidental spills of tomatoes, onions, limes, and tortilla chips.
Just drove by, there’s now patio furniture, a band and a broken down beer truck on the shoulder.
This group is totally disrespectful of the families and children relying on these avocados. Please choose respect over disrespect.
Added a photo that suggests it wasn’t a particularly huge spill. Avocados aren’t cheap, though, so someone’s out some $.
You act like we’re stealing these avocados from the farmers. Clearly the load wasn’t secured well and there’s no point in crying over spilled avos.
Who the heck relies on Avocados? I mean, i guess if you’re Chipotle?
Likely too late this time. Perhaps for the future, someone in SDOT or WSDOT can get RFK, Jr.’s contact info. It’s said that he pays top dollar for fruits and vegetables to serve with his “Roadkill Cuisine ™.”
Oh thanks everyone for a good chuckle! Anyone remember the salmon truck spill that shut SR 99 down for hours?
https://westseattleblog.com/2015/03/traffic-alert-southbound-highway-99-blocked-by-overturned-truck/
btw, I’ve noticed that on older posts with images the images don’t match the context. is there a database issue?
The fish truck in 2015 wasn’t salmon as police and officials initially said — these were lower value bags of frozen whitefish. That difference actually matters because it disproved the Murray Administration’s claims that a slimy mess would prevent clearing Highway 99 fast. As reported by the Seattle Times a few days later, Seattle Tunnel Partners crews could have easily sprung into action to drag or lift the truck and spilled boxes out of the roadway…..but city policies, including tow rules and police priority for property over mobility, blew the incident out to nine hours. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/stp-we-would-have-immediately-helped-with-toppled-truck-if-the-city-had-asked/ The city’s inaction was also called out by Sam Schwartz, world-renowned traffic engineer who popularized the term “gridlock,” in a city-sponsored review of the spill. SDOT improved its responses since then. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/traffic-experts-tell-seattle-to-fix-car-wreck-response/
It would be hard to drive by and not pick up a few…very dangerous on this road, but deliciously worth the risk. (I am not condoning such behavior!)
The price of avocados is off the chart and now they’re found in the wilds of WS?
Aside the avocado jokes, that “dip” is an extreme change in pavement and I almost lost it about a week ago. At that time I did not see any signage warning drivers. Did I miss it? And yes, I was driving 45.
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