Lemon pile + scuffle

Foto: DYN via Perfil

Around 3 pm yesterday, a truck carrying 200 tons of lemons lost its load. Thousands of lemons rained down from the elevated highway 9 de Julio (at San Juan Ave). No one was hurt. But the pile of lemons left in the accident's wake proved too tempting to onlookers. Authorities tried to ward off the fruitophiles, but when an automated shovel on wheels (I don't know the proper word for this) started crushing and exploding the lovely lemons, some lost it. Looters pushed authorities aside and rushed the pile. There was one arrest (see photo below). But after about 7 pm, the tussle ended. Purses and pockets could be lined with lemons without incident. Dramatic, no? Clarín told the story well, complete with quotes from a woman who wanted to bring fallen lemons to her soup kitchen. Perfil declared that it was straight from the movies: The only element lacking was Karadagian, (which sent me to Wikipedia, because I haven't the foggiest re: Argentine wrestler/actors).

Foto: Clarín

Naturally, youtube.com has footage of the lemons raining down.