Thousands of litres of spilt cream shuts road in Sydney's west
Cream was splattered across a Western Sydney road early this morning.
Two southbound lanes of Wallgrove Road at Eastern Creek were shut at about 5.00am after a truck spilled 2000 litres of raw cream at the BP service station.
At least 10 tonnes of sand was dumped on the spill by Fire and Rescue NSW to make it safe.
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2000 litres of cream flooded the service station and surrounding roads. 9News
Fire and Rescue NSW dumped tonnes of sand to make the roads safe. 9News
"A large load of sand has been whipped up and is on its whey," Fire and Rescue NSW said.
"It will be spread across the slippery hazard."
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Roads have since reopened. 9News
The road has reopened and motorists have been urged to proceed with caution.
Police suspect it was caused by a leaking tanker and are now searching for the driver.
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