Watch truck spills cheese balls on California 105 Freeway
If you want to watch truck spills cheese play out in real time, Tuesday's 105 Freeway mess delivered: a pickup lost roughly 120 Utz cheese ball containers in Lynwood, California, shortly after 5 p.m., the California Highway Patrol confirmed. Westbound lanes were littered with salty snacks, and drivers who stopped to grab undamaged tubs added extra delays.
Traffic on a Los Angeles-area freeway faced an unusual obstacle when a truck lost a pallet of cheese ball containers into the roadway. The incident quickly drew attention online, with footage circulating as one of the stranger slowdowns Southern California drivers have seen in recent days.
Key Takeaways
- A pickup truck spilled about 120 Utz cheese ball containers on the westbound 105 Freeway in Lynwood.
- The California Highway Patrol confirmed the incident happened shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday.
- Video from the scene shows cheese balls scattered across multiple westbound lanes.
- Drivers stopping to retrieve undamaged containers caused additional traffic delays, CHP officials said.
What happened on the 105 Freeway in Lynwood?
According to the California Highway Patrol, a pickup truck lost a pallet of cheese ball containers on the 105 Freeway in Lynwood, a city in Los Angeles County. The spill occurred shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday, turning a routine commute into a roadside spectacle that slowed westbound traffic.
UPI reported that drivers on the Los Angeles-area freeway faced what it described as a salty obstacle — containers of cheese balls spread across the pavement. Stories like this are a staple of our Bizarre News & Florida Man coverage, where everyday highways become unlikely stages for viral moments.
How many cheese ball containers spilled onto the highway?
CHP officials confirmed the pickup truck lost about 120 containers of cheese balls. Video from the scene shows Utz-brand cheese balls littering the westbound lanes, according to UPI.
The exact cause of the pallet coming loose was not detailed in initial reports. What is clear from early accounts is that the volume of containers was enough to cover a significant stretch of freeway and require a response from highway patrol.
Why did traffic delays get worse after the spill?
Clearing spilled cargo from a busy freeway is never quick, but CHP officials said extra delays were caused by something else entirely: drivers stopping on the freeway to find and retrieve undamaged cheese ball containers.
That behavior turned a hazardous cleanup into an even longer backup. Stopping on an active freeway to collect snacks creates safety risks for both those drivers and everyone else traveling nearby at highway speeds.
What did video from the scene show?
Footage circulating from the incident shows Utz cheese balls scattered across westbound lanes on the 105 Freeway. The visual quickly made the spill a shareable moment — part traffic disruption, part absurdist snack run unfolding in real time.
Incidents like this join a long list of odd roadway stories in California and beyond. When cargo escapes onto pavement, the result is rarely boring — even when the cargo is cheese balls instead of lumber, furniture, or industrial materials.
For commuters who were stuck behind the mess, the episode was frustrating. For everyone watching from afar, it was a reminder that the 105 Freeway can deliver surprises that no navigation app quite prepares you for.