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Alligator meat spills onto Evangeline Thruway

Alligator Meat
Posted at 2:37 PM, Sep 19, 2023
and last updated 2023-09-20 06:16:39-04

LAFAYETTE, La. — Officers were on the scene of a road hazard involving alligator meat in Lafayette on Tuesday.

A pallet containing large boxes of alligator meat fell off of a truck onto the 600 block of the NE Evangeline Thruway, according to a spokesperson for the Lafayette Police Department.

DOTD cleaned up the boxes of spilled alligator meat at the intersection Tuesday. It's not clear how the meat got there, but DOTD had closed the road to clean up the mess.

Roads are now clear at the intersection of Northeast Evangeline Thruway and Mudd Avenue.

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