What a pilchard! Dopey lorry driver spills 24 tons of SARDINES onto road after forgetting to close the back door




A dopey truck driver caused caused a enormous traffic jam after he spilled 24 tons of sardines onto the road because he forget to close the back door.



Motorists along the highway near Kolobrzeg , Poland, were held up for hours while workers cleared up the huge trail of fish which had been scattered for several hundred metres along both sides of the road.

'At first we thought it was some sort of divine judgement - like a plague of locusts or frogs,' said one motorist Wladyslaw Nowak, 62.



Act of cod: A workman begins clearing up some of the 24 tons of fish which spilled onto a road in Kolobrzeg, Poland

Police say the fish came from a transporter driven by trucker Jakub Carowski, 26, who had failed to shut the back doors properly.



As well as a £50 fine, the driver has to fork out a further £5,000 to pay for clearing up the road.



'You could say it's the scales of justice,' said one officer.



Police said trucker Jakub Carowski, 26, had failed to shut the back doors properly

Fine: As well as a £50 fine, the driver has to fork out a further £5,000 to pay for clearing up the road



