--- description: A semi-truck loaded with over 22 tons of pizza dough and flour crashed in Northern Arizona on Thursday. title: A Truck Spilled 44,500 Pounds of Pizza Dough In Arizona image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Truck Spilled 44,500 Pounds of Pizza Dough On An Arizona Highway  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 30, 2015 6:46 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 30, 2015 6:46 PM CUT A semi-truck loaded with over 22 tons of pizza dough and flour crashed in Northern Arizona on Thursday, spilling the majority of its load onto U.S. 89. The Arizona Department of Public Safety [said](http://www.upi.com/Odd%5FNews/2015/10/30/Street-pizza-Truck-spills-22-tons-of-dough-onto-Arizona-roadway/6911446218219/?spt=sec&or=on "undefined") the truck bounced off a guardrail before rolling onto its side around 4 a.m. on a stretch of road known as Jack’s Peak outside of Page, Ariz. The rig was filled with 44,500 pounds of pizza dough and flour, with each bag of dough weighing [50 pounds](http://fox40.com/2015/10/29/truck-spills-22-tons-of-pizza-dough-flour-in-arizona-crash/ "undefined"). Authorities said speed and fatigue may have contributed to the crash, but no one was injured. The driver was cited with failure to control the vehicle. > [](https://twitter.com/dps%5Fpio%5Fgarcia/status/659757900366155776) The biggest problem remaining: where to find 22 tons of sauce and cheese. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4094684/truck-spills-pizza-dough-arizona-highway/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4094684/truck-spills-pizza-dough-arizona-highway/"},"headline":"A Truck Spilled 44,500 Pounds of Pizza Dough On An Arizona Highway","datePublished":"2015-10-30T18:46:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:28.588Z","description":"D'oh!","url":"https://time.com/4094684/truck-spills-pizza-dough-arizona-highway/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food","Pizza","Arizona","Weird News","Truck"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"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/4094684/truck-spills-pizza-dough-arizona-highway/","name":"A Truck Spilled 44,500 Pounds of Pizza Dough On An Arizona Highway"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Should I Eat Pizza?","description":"You might be surprised that four out of five health experts give pizza the thumbs up. But don’t be fooled: these are not greasy thumbs.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/NvpgAWn5/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-12T19:00:46.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/NvpgAWn5.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4094684/truck-spills-pizza-dough-arizona-highway/","duration":"PT1M39S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4094684/truck-spills-pizza-dough-arizona-highway/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```