Truck and trailer rolls spilling molasses onto rural Waikato highwayCHRISTEL YARDLEY/STUFF Ngahape Road is closed after a truck crashed and spilled molasses over the road. A truck carrying a load of molasses has crashed spilling the brown substance over a rural Waikato highway. About five tonnes of the 14-tonne load spilled onto Ngahape Rd in the Otorohanga district, Fire and Emergency northern communications shift manager Jaron Phillips said. Two firefighting crews from Te Awamutu were at the scene shortly after 8am working to contain the spillage. Molasses is a by-product of sugar that can be used as a sweetener, made through the sugar refining process.

Source: Stuff November 21, 2017 19:18 UTC