--- title: This Truck Just Smashed Into an Overpass at Full Speed description: A large truck spilled its entire cargo of canola seeds all over a highway in Canada after it slammed into an overpass at full speed. canonical: https://time.com/5229606/truck-hits-overpass-explodes-canola-seeds/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-05T17:57:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:54.546Z og:title: This Truck Smashed Full-Speed Into an Overpass and Showered a Highway With Canola Seeds og:description: It's quite the sight og:url: https://time.com/5229606/truck-hits-overpass-explodes-canola-seeds/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Truck Smashed Full-Speed Into an Overpass and Showered a Highway With Canola Seeds twitter:description: It's quite the sight twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Truck Smashed Full Speed Into an Overpass and Showered a Highway With Canola Seeds  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 5, 2018 5:57 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 5, 2018 5:57 PM UTC A large truck splashed its entire cargo of [canola seeds](http://time.com/3840073/gmo-food-charts/) onto a Canadian highway after it slammed into an overpass at full speed on Wednesday. According to [_Quebec 511_](https://twitter.com/Qc511%5FMtl/status/981575016910376962?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref%5Furl=https%3A%2F%2Fglobalnews.ca%2Fnews%2F4123367%2Fcargo-spills-across-highway-as-truck-slams-into-overpass%2F), the truck had its bed raised, causing the vehicle to lose its cargo in a fantastic explosion of canola seeds as it crashed into an overpass on Highway 40, near Repentigny, a suburb of Montreal, halting traffic on both sides of the highway. While the truck was severely damaged, luckily no one was injured. Following the accident, Transports Québec also took down a pedestrian bridge over Highway 40 as a “preventative measure,” but [_CBC_ ](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-repentigny-highway-40-crash-truck-pedestrian-bridge-1.4605907)reports that the highway reopened as of Thursday morning. Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5229606/truck-hits-overpass-explodes-canola-seeds/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5229606/truck-hits-overpass-explodes-canola-seeds/"},"headline":"This Truck Smashed Full Speed Into an Overpass and Showered a Highway With Canola Seeds","datePublished":"2018-04-05T17:57:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:54.546Z","description":"It's quite the sight","url":"https://time.com/5229606/truck-hits-overpass-explodes-canola-seeds/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5229606/truck-hits-overpass-explodes-canola-seeds/","name":"This Truck Smashed Full Speed Into an Overpass and Showered a Highway With Canola Seeds"}}]}] ```