Interstate traffic was diverted through Brookville today after an egg truck crashed this morning. It also posed concerns for a nearby creek.

We have more on the mess left behind by the wreck.

A crash on I-80 ruined a truck driver’s day, and wasted any number of future meals.

“The tanker itself was hauling 5,200 gallons of raw egg: egg yolks, just egg product itself, eggs without the shells,” says Fire Chief Steve Hoak.

It happened around 7:30 a.m., breakfast time, near Mile 80.

Police say Keith Wallace, 61, Otho, Iowa, ran off the road and hit a guard rail before the truck slid onto its side, and he was not injured.

“I think he’s just thankful to be walking around after that and we’re thankful he’s OK too,” says Hoak.

Where the truck crashed was not just on any point on the interstate. It was right in the middle of a bridge over North Fork Creek.

That meant firefighters had to take extra steps to track down the gooey egg that was leaking out of the truck, along with some diesel fuel from its fuel tank.

“We don’t believe the egg product is hazardous. DEP is involved,” says Hoak.

Tiny rivers and pools of yellow and white sat underneath the bridge. While looking at the egg, we caught a whiff of fuel.

“We have crews on scene that have placed materials on the creek itself to absorb any of that diesel fuel material,” says Hoak.

Before firefighters covered them up, the egg worked its way through the drains that are meant to siphon water off the road.

“The egg entered the storm drains, which then would enter the water system through that way, and leaked off the bridge itself. You can see there’s expansion joints on the bridge,” says Hoak.

The eastbound closure backed up traffic for hours and sent tractor-trailers rolling through downtown Brookville. The town’s water plant is just north of both I-80 bridges.

“Our intake is above that location, so it would only possibly affect people downstream. But, the fire department collected most of the egg product,” says borough manager Dana Shick.

So, instead of toast and bacon, this egg shared its plate with sand and leaves.

Hoak says most of the 52,000 gallons of cargo spilled and the rest was offloaded onto a clean-up truck. Firefighters put down special cloths and booms to try to contain the mess in the creek. The highway was re-opened around 2 p.m.