Human waste spilled near Brownstown

Some drivers in Jackson County got a smelly surprise on Wednesday.

Sgt. Stephen Wheeles, spokesman for the Indiana State Post in Versailles, says that troopers responded to US 50 near Brownstown after a dump truck with an unsecured gate dumped processed human waste on a three-quarter mile stretch of the road. He says that traffic through the area was briefly slowed as the company cleaned up the mess.

Wheeles went on to say that the waste product was deemed environmentally safe.