Tomato-strewn highway causes chaos in California after truck crash

Three people injured, one seriously, after truck hits center median and spills more than 150,000 tomatoes on to road surface

A mass of tomatoes scattered across a California highway made for stunning photos but commuter hell, after a truck crashed into a center divider and spilled its load across the roadway on Monday..

The truck, which was driving in the westbound lane of Highway 80 near the Bay Area city of Vacaville on Monday morning, collided with other vehicles before crashing into the center median and knocking a large load of tomatoes on to the eastbound lanes, said Jason Tyhurst, a California highway patrol officer.