WATCH: Truck Carrying Hundreds Of Eels Overturns, Slimes Entire Highway

DEPOE BAY, OR — A Mitsubishi truck hauling hagfish on U.S. 101 south of Depoe Bay Thursday overturned, spilling the slime eels all over the highway and onto an unlucky sedan — leaving a fairly remarkable trail of slime.

According to Oregon State Police, the accident occurred when Lincoln City resident Salvatore J. Tragale was unable to stop his 1993 Mitsubishi truck as it entered a construction zone on Highway 101, near milepost 131. Tragale, police said, was at the time hauling 13 containers of hagfish, equaling about 7,500 pounds.

Approaching the construction zone from the northbound lanes, Tragale found he could not stop his truck in time to safely queue into the line of cars already held up by an Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) flagger, police said. As the weight on his truck shifted when he hit the Mitsubishi's brakes, Tragale watched one of the hagfish containers leave his vehicle and fly across the highway's southbound lanes. The other containers also separated and spilled onto the highway when the flat bed completely disconnected from the truck's frame, police said.

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As the one container flew across the southbound lanes, it struck a 2017 Nissan being driven by Kim Randall, 64, of Sun Lakes, Ariz.; Randall's Nissan was forced backward by the impact, pushing her into a brown Honda CRV driven by Rachel A. Craven, 37, of Toledo, Ohio; the Honda pushed into a white Ford Focus occupied by its driver, 33-year-old Kristine Torp of Norway, and Torp's passenger, Melissa Waage, 30, also of Norway; and the Focus was pushed into a 2017 Ford F150 pickup driven by 67-year-old Kevin White of Tigard.

With White in the F150 were Brandon White, 31, and Donna White, 70.

A Depoe Bay Fire District Tweet showed a bulldozer was brought it to help with the cleanup effort.

The eels, according to Oregon State Police, were being transported to Korea "for consumption." Only minor injuries were reported in the incident, police said.

This post will be updated when more information is available.

Photo Courtesy: Oregon State Police