Bad news for corn deliveries. Good news for birds of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
A truck hauling corn has crashed on U.S. Highway 12 between Packwood and White Pass.
The stretch of highway has been closed since Friday afternoon due to the growing Goat Rocks Fire, which has prompted level three “GO” evacuation notices for the Timberline, High Valley and Goat Rocks neighborhoods.
It’s not clear exactly when the crash happened or how, but Lewis County Sheriff Rob Snaza is theorizing the driver went around a bend at a high rate of speed, causing the trailer full of corn to spin out.
While the corn is not covering the highway, a glance down the hillside shows the ground gleaming golden and green with ears of corn.
The sheriff and deputies Saturday afternoon could not recall having heard about the incident until they noticed it during a survey of the area.
“It’s ear-ie,” said Field Operations Chief Dusty Breen. “That’s my dad joke.”
