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Drugs, needles, litter freeway after multiple semis collide

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CUT AND SHOOT, TX – Deputies say a semi was rear ended by a big rig hauling oil field equipment early Friday morning.

The trucks were headed down State Highway 105 in Cut N’ Shoot, Texas when the the rig slammed into a truck loaded with medical supplies and prescription drugs.

The collision caused the pharmaceuticals to flood the roadway. There were pill bottles, nicotine patches, and syringes everywhere!

Officials say the drugs were scattered for up to 100 yards off the roadway. Police shut this section down for several hours to clean up the mess.

According to ABC13 no one was hurt and the drugs were returned to the distributor.

No charges were filed from the crash and the highway is now open.

 

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