Rhode Spill: Summer Heat Turns Truckload of Spilled Squid Into Unappetizing Mess

A tractor-trailer rollover sent a truckload of squid spilling onto a Rhode Island roadway, leaving a stench as they sat in the road for hours in the summer heat. Local authorities have dubbed it the “Squidpocalypse of ’26.” It was …

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