Almost as funny as the news from 100 years ago

"Lost mattress tangles bridge traffic

"Staff reports

"OROVILLE -- A mattress caused MAYHEM on Highway 70 Thursday morning after falling off a trailer pulled by a DODGE RAM pickup.

"At about 10:30 a.m., Fredrick Reno of Greenville was westbound on Highway 70 near the West Branch bridge, when he noticed a mattress he was carrying in a trailer had fallen off.

"The mattress had been secured with rope, but somehow came loose OVER THE COURSE OF RENO'S TRAVELS.

"California Highway Patrol Officer Justin Wallace said Reno noticed several cars swerving to miss the mattress and attempted to make a U-TURN to claim the item from the roadway.

"As Reno completed the U-turn, Adam Thomson. . . who was eastbound in a TOYOTA pickup, struck Reno's vehicle.

"The accident shut down one lane of traffic for more than one hour, and Thomson suffered MINOR injuries as a result of the collision. . .

"The mattress was recovered by Reno and re-secured onto his trailer."


Thank God the mattress is safe, and the paper took all this space away from reporting the real news. (The CAPITALIZATIONS are mine, to point up the silliness.)