Oscar Mayer Wienermobile crashes on tollway, Illinois State Police say
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The famed hot dog-shaped vehicle was involved in a rollover accident on the Tri-State Tollway near Oak Brook late Monday morning, state police said.

Seriously, do they just let anyone drive that thing? What an idiot of a driver.

    • Wugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Lmao. It’s a link to an article about the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile being crashed yesterday. It bumper-tapped another car, and the driver freaked out and overcorrected right into a roll-over. Thankfully nobody was hurt.

    • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      4 months ago

      The existence, location, use and status of the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile was deemed a matter of National Security during the Bush Administration as part of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.

  • Wugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Screen grab for the blocked:

    Oscar Mayer Wienermobile crashes on tollway, police say

    The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile was involved in a rollover accident on the Tri-State Tollway near west suburban Oak Brook late Monday morning, Illinois State Police said.

    The famed hot dog-shaped vehicle was traveling north near Roosevelt Road about 11:10 a.m. when it hit a Hyundai sedan that was also traveling north, state police said. The wienermobile lost control and overcorrected after hitting the second vehicle and rolled over onto its side, according to state police.

    The tollway’s northbound right lane was shut down from the time of the crash until about 12:25 p.m. while state troopers investigated. No injuries were reported, police said.