Country Traffic Problems: Trucker Loses Three Tons Of Cotton

November 20, 2014

It was the kind of  traffic problem you only see in the country Wednesday afternoon in Oak Grove — a 6,000 pound bale of cotton blocking part of an intersection. A truck driver for a local cotton gin apparently did not immediately notice that the cotton bale had fallen out of his truck on Highway 164 at North Highway 99. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office stood by, directing drivers around the cotton bale until the driver returned a short time later looking for his lost cotton. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.

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11 Responses to “Country Traffic Problems: Trucker Loses Three Tons Of Cotton”

  1. Terri Sanders on November 21st, 2014 8:04 am

    looking for my lost shaker of salt…urr lost cotton bale..

  2. concerned people on November 20th, 2014 8:59 pm

    hey, this happened to me one night while I was driving home with my daughter, and there was no police to guide any traffic. I did not see it in the road until we nearly hit it… they don’t need to move this stuff at night, it could have been bad

  3. Rickdiculous on November 20th, 2014 6:37 pm

    The touch,
    the feel,
    the fabric of our roads.

  4. David Huie Green on November 20th, 2014 5:57 pm

    Don’t you just hate it when that happens?

  5. well on November 20th, 2014 11:31 am

    100% Cotton
    Made in America

  6. Makes Sense on November 20th, 2014 11:03 am

    City folk think S’mores.

  7. cygie on November 20th, 2014 10:06 am

    It looks like it baled on the truck driver.

  8. Big red on November 20th, 2014 8:46 am

    That’s a lot of T-shirts and underwear.

  9. just saying on November 20th, 2014 8:17 am

    If that fell out of a truck here in the city people would be calling the hazmat crew in for an unidentified object.

  10. E on November 20th, 2014 7:52 am

    But officer, it never said GO.

  11. FG Girl on November 20th, 2014 1:46 am

    Hey Sarge, there’s your cotton bail story lol