Thousands of Skittles fall onto highway

Thursday, January 19, 2017
Thousands of Skittles fell off the back of a flatbed pickup truck and spilled onto a highway in Wisconsin.

Deputies explain it was raining at the time, causing the box containing the candies to get wet and give way.
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The Skittles were intended to be feed for cattle.

Officials say the candy-coated highway might not be such a bad thing, because the candy could help make the roads less slippery.
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Plus, they say, it smells like candy when you drive on it.
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