Highway clean-up crew gets drunk of Moutai fumes  

2700件茅台散落高速 搬运工闻酒气醉得睡20小时

前日凌晨2时40分左右，一辆载着2700件茅台酒的大货车在行驶中突然失控，冲出G75兰海高速后掉了15米落在下方村道上。撞击导致茅台酒四处流淌，酒香几十米外都能闻到。执法人员找来搬运工集拢货物，光闻酒味就有人醉了，一觉睡了20个小时———从当天凌晨一直睡到第二天上午。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) – A man is said to have gotten drunk and passed out for 20 hours after smelling Moutai fumes scattered on a highway in Chongqing, the Chongqing Evening News reported Friday.

A truck loaded with 2,700 cartons of Moutai, an upscale liquor brand in China, had an accident in the early morning on Wednesday, injuring the driver and his eight-year-old daughter and scattering many broken bottles of liquor.

A number of workers were called by local law enforcement to collect the scattered liquor.

One of them surnamed Chen said he felt drunk and dizzy after working for 20 minutes at the site.

As the liquor smell was too strong, the workers had to take turns for a rest.

A director at the Moutai company said the accident caused an estimated 10 million yuan (US$1.65 million) in losses.

The cause of the accident is still under investigation.