Spilling salt: The superstition is that if you spill salt, tossing it over your left shoulder with your right hand will counteract any evil spirits. Bad luck comes in "3s": ...

Traffic on the Eisenhower and Route 83 was snarled when a truck carrying salt crashed about 1:20 p.m. Wednesday on an overpass in the westbound lanes of I-290 in Elmhurst. No injuries were reported.

The semi-truck overturned onto its left side, spilling salt from its dump trailer onto IL-83, according to Illinois State ...

The semi-trailer dump truck was driving west on the expressway’s stretch over Route 83 around 1:20 p.m. when it hit the left wall and overturned, spilling salt onto the lower roadway, according ...

Spilling salt, historically an expensive commodity, was in itself bad luck. This bad luck would allow the devil, who (allegedly) sits behind the left shoulder, to get in ...