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Authorities say the truck carrying the chips was parked in the right shoulder of Interstate 95 when the beer truck driver attempted to move from the right lane to the center lane but saw another vehicle was too close. After deciding last-minute to move back into the right lane, he accidentally hit the chips truck, which overturned just after 3:00 a.m. The contents of both vehicles spilled out onto the highway, forcing lanes to shut down for nearly four hours so they could be cleaned. A Florida Highway Patrol spokesperson [told _Florida Today_](http://www.9news.com/traffic/beer-and-chips-all-over-i-95-after-florida-crash/98354346), that”all of the products will be thrown away,” in case anyone was wondering whether spring-breakers pulled over and went to town over the ‘free’ food. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4269527/beer-chips-trucks-highway-interstate-florida-crash-collide/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4269527/beer-chips-trucks-highway-interstate-florida-crash-collide/"},"headline":"Trucks Carrying Beer and Chips Collide on Highway","datePublished":"2016-03-23T20:50:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:05.801Z","description":"Party foul","url":"https://time.com/4269527/beer-chips-trucks-highway-interstate-florida-crash-collide/","keywords":["Newsfeed","U.S."],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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