Semi hauling ‘butt’-er lays over in Briscoe County

  • LATE NIGHT BUTTER TRUCK FIASCO played out in Briscoe County as several agencies worked for ten hours to clear the wreckage from “256 Cap” east of Silverton Wednesday night. | JEFF SMITH, BRISCOE COUNTY TxDOT SUPERVISOR
    LATE NIGHT BUTTER TRUCK FIASCO played out in Briscoe County as several agencies worked for ten hours to clear the wreckage from “256 Cap” east of Silverton Wednesday night. | JEFF SMITH, BRISCOE COUNTY TxDOT SUPERVISOR

    Wednesday afternoon, on Jan. 15 around 4:00 p.m., an 18-wheeler traveling through the steep curves of State Highway 256 just East of the roadside park in Briscoe County turned over, blocking both lanes of traffic.

    The semi-truck was pulling a refrigerated trailer filled with boxes of stick butter. Because the load within the trailer was so heavy, crews on scene had to unload the boxes by hand befor…