Vidalia Onions Perish in Truck Crash

novamc1 · ‎07-02-2015

What a waste of good onions !! At least it means that Vidalias must be coming to stores soon.

From yesterday's Atlanta newspaper:

<<A busy Gwinnett County road was shut down for hours Saturday after a tractor-trailer carrying a load of Vidalia onions crashed into another truck and caught fire, police said.

The wreck occurred about 10:40 a.m. on Ga. 316 near Buford Drive, Lawrenceville police spokesman Officer Christopher Carey said.

When police arrived, the tractor-trailer carrying the onions was engulfed in flames, destroying the truck’s cab and trailer. The other truck involved in the crash was hauling a bulldozer on a flatbed trailer, police said.

All lanes have since reopened, but Georgia Dept. of Transportation workers are still cleaning up onions and debris from the crash.>>

[drivers of both trucks escaped without injuries]

sissel · ‎08-13-2010

Oh no what a waste, I had 4 onions chopped up some froze them thinking with all going on freeze incase we can't get out. we do have a good supply of produce, saw peaches, necterines & small watermellon coming in.

faeriemoon · ‎03-14-2010

Ok; so am I the only one who got a good giggle out of the title of this thread?

hopi · ‎03-09-2010

@faeriemoon wrote:
Ok; so am I the only one who got a good giggle out of the title of this thread?

I was highly entertained....... but desperately want some good viadalia onions

novamc1 · ‎07-02-2015

The headline was my creation, and I too thought it might be amusing. What amuses me even more, though, is the vision of Dept. of Transportation workers hard at work cleaning up onions off the road.

I wonder if they were cooked enough to qualify as "caramelized" and whether any were in good enough condition to be rescued and taken home by the cleanup crew.

LOL!