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fro 4nr �.y� <br /> % <br /> Ow <br /> ruc spills on <br /> ato <br /> ...........---------- w st river span <br /> Motorists northbound on Highway 99 freeway. <br /> early Sunday morning were confronted by Traffic was backed up on the freeway in <br /> a river of tomato waste on the Mokelumne both directions, according to the CHP, <br /> River Bridge dumped by a truck taking the while the fire crews worked on reopening <br /> red gunk to be disposed of. ' the northbound lanes. <br /> A spokesman for the California Highway Vehicles travelling north were diverted <br /> Patrol said Jaime Gutierrez of Lodi was into a southbound lane for nearly six hour <br /> driving a truck belonging to the California but, according to the CHP, the early hou <br /> Waste Removal System in Lodi north on of the accident prevented "a serious trat <br /> Highway 99 at approximately 1:05 a.m. fie problem." <br /> Sunday when the tail gate of the truck The two Sacramento boys injured in the , <br /> opened and allowed the crimson waste to resulting pile-up, Tommy Cohutt, 6, and <br /> spill out onto the freeway. his brother Jeffrey Cohutt, 4, were m <br /> The CHP reported the spillage covered passengers in a car driven by Russell <br /> the northbound lanes of the highway for a Johnson,28,also of Sacramento. <br /> quarter mile and caused a four car pile-up They received minor lacerations and <br /> that left two young Sacramento boys with complained of pain. They were taken to <br /> slight injuries. Lodi Memorial Hospital where they were <br /> The Lodi and Mokelumne fire depart- treated and released. <br /> ments were called to the scene to wash The tomato waste was cleared from the <br /> away the abruptly disposed of waste and road, and normal traffic patterns were <br /> worked until after 7 a.m. hosing down the restored shortly after 7 a.m.the CHP said. <br />