A large-scale clean-up operation is under way after a tanker carrying more than 20 tonnes of yeast extract - believed to be Marmite - overturned on a busy motorway in Britain.
Police shut a section of the M1 in South Yorkshire at about 10.15pm last night following the incident, which saw the vehicle crash and and spill its contents onto the carriageway.
The road was closed in both directions near Sheffield this morning and caused delays for rush hour commuters.
A spokeswoman for South Yorkshire Police said the tanker overturned after being involved in a collision with a motorcaravan. The tanker driver was taken to hospital but his injuries are not believed to be serious, she added.
“We were called at 10.15pm yesterday to reports of a tanker, which was carrying 23.5 tonnes of waste yeast, overturning,” the force spokeswoman said.
“Some of the contents were spilled on the northbound carriageway and we are in the process of emptying the remaining contents of the tanker and clearing up the spillage before it can be moved and the road reopened.”
PA