Thousands Of "Lost Soles" May Have Fallen From A Truck Driven On The Palmetto Expressway

Miami―Thousands of shoes were dumped accidentally from a truck on the southbound Palmetto Expressway after the Bird Road exit in Miami causing significant traffic delays Friday morning.

City workers with broom sticks and Road Rangers who come to the aid of stranded motorists were all taking part in clearing one lane of a quarter mile section of expressway where shoes fell from a truck earlier in the day.

Of the task clearing all the shoes that littered the road, Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Pat Santangelo said "there's just so many."

Two lanes were completely blocked during the morning rush hour before they were all swept to the side of the road. A private contractor was hired to use a front-end loader to pick up the shoes by the dozen and load them onto a large dump truck.

Authorities are investigating where all the "lost soles" came from, but more importantly, the state police organization is finding an organization that would donate the used shoes to impoverished Haitian residents who are still suffering from the aftermath of the 2008 hurricane season.