SANTA PAULA, CA - Sleepy Santa Paula got a little spicy this week when a truck carrying red bell peppers through the Ventura County hamlet upended—spilling its cargo onto the roadway.

Roadways were blocked, according to local affiliate NBC4, with lanes closed at Telegraph and Briggs roads. The spill occurred the evening of Friday September 7th, after the truck reportedly careened into a drainage ditch, flipping its trailer and spilling peppers onto the ditch and motorway.

Thankfully, no injuries were reported, and road crews worked throughout the night, even employing a crane to remove the upturned trailer.

California Highway Patrol could not confirm to the local news source what caused the spill, and traffic returned to normal the following morning after crews removed the obstructing cargo—un-stuffing the road, so to speak, with peppers.

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