Traffic jam part two: not berry funny

July 22, 2026
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Mission, British Columbia


From: Mission RCMP

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It happened again…

Readers may recall that on July 9, 2025, Mission RCMP notified the public about an incident where a farmer’s load of blueberries spilled onto Lougheed Highway, creating quite a sticky situation.

Blueberry-harvesting season is underway again, and sure enough, another section of roadway in Mission was recently spread with blueberries and turned into the now-infamous “traffic jam”!

Mission RCMP were called to the Horne Street overpass on the afternoon of July 16, after a number of crates full of blueberries spilled out onto the roadway.  A witness reported the matter after seeing a motorcycle go slip-sliding through the mess, while other vehicles turned the matter into a very juicy incident indeed.  An officer attended and spoke with the truck driver, who was trying to clean up the spilled fruit, before the berries turned the stretch of roadway into a fruit-fly-freeway.  The driver blamed other farm workers for improperly loading the crates, but the officer reminded the man that as the driver, he was ultimately responsible for ensuring his cargo was properly tied down.  The driver received a ticket for operating with insecure cargo (and yes, for those who suggested that last year’s article should have said “unsecure”, the official terminology under Section 35.03(2) of the BC Motor Vehicle Act is in fact, “insecure cargo”!).  A road maintenance crew was called to finish the clean-up. 

Fortunately, no one was injured by the spill, the roadway was thoroughly cleaned up, and after a jam-packed shift, the officer ended his day feeling like he had had a rather fruitful afternoon.

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(Special thanks to some of the Facebook followers who provided additional puns that were used in this release!)