Hundreds of toilet paper rolls spill from tractor-trailer onto NC highway

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- While grocery stores struggle to keep toilet paper on shelves during the novel coronavirus pandemic, a truck full of hundreds of rolls lost its load on I-85 in North Carolina.

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The precious paper spilled out of a tractor-trailer in Gaston County just before noon Thursday, ABC-affiliate WSOC reported.

The spill did not affect traffic.

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It's unclear at this time what caused the spill or to where the truck was headed.

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