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OAK BROOK, Ill. — One of Oscar Mayer’s hot dog-shaped Wienermobiles ended up on its side after crashing on a freeway in a Chicago suburb, police said.
The Wienermobile — technically not the full-size version, but the Mini-based Lil Link — collided with a car on Interstate 294 Monday morning. The driver lost control and overcorrected, causing the car to flip on its side near the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook, Illinois State Police said.
No injuries were reported in the crash, which closed the right lane of northbound I-294 for more than an hour, officials said.
A spokesperson for the Oscar Mayer brand, which has several Wienermobiles, told the Chicago Sun-Times “It is thankful that everyone involved is safe and that there were no injuries.”
Video footage from the crash scene shows the yellow-orange Wienermobile was later towed away on a trailer truck with visible damage to part of the vehicle’s hot dog shape.
Additional footage of the occupants getting out of the mini Wienermobile, especially for your viewing pleasure. photo.twitter.com/AOJJC01g1p
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