PETERSBURG, VA – A truck carrying roughly 36,000 pounds of watermelons narrowly avoided spilling its sweet cargo when the truck was struck by another driver, overturned, and sprawled across several lanes of traffic.

The crash occurred shortly after noon on northbound I-95, when a Honda Accord struck the right front tire of the watermelon-laden truck. According to local news source The Progress-Index, the collision caused the truck to flip over the median and skid into southbound lanes.

Thankfully, the tumbling truck didn’t strike any southbound vehicles, but six people were injured in the initial collision and taken to neighboring Southside Regional Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries.

While the melons remained secure in the tractor-trailer, unable to bound and break across the road, no word was forthcoming on the fate of the fruit. And spilled fuel may have spoiled the produce’s chance at rescue, as hazardous materials crews spent several hours cleaning up the noxious and flammable substance. Traffic delays persisted into the evening, and southbound traffic was cleared shortly before nightfall.

For more on mangled melon shipments, obliterated oranges, bumped berries, and bruised bananas, AndNowUKnow will continue to report.