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Human waste leaking from a semi-trailer led to disgustingly slippery conditions on a Connecticut highway, where as many as 10 vehicles crashed Monday night.

Two state police cruisers were among the vehicles involved after the feces began seeping onto the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 in Bridgeport around 11 p.m., authorities said.

The vehicles spun out of control and a second commercial truck skidded into a parked cop cruiser that then hit a second parked police car, they added.

Both cruisers were empty at the time as the officers were assisting motorists involved in the wrecks.

A motorcyclist suffered minor injuries after hitting the feces-covered pavement and losing control, while other vehicles rammed into each other or concrete barriers, police said.

No major injuries were reported.

The truck leaking the disgusting remnants kept driving and exited the highway before eventually stopping once authorities contacted H.I. Stone & Son, the company name seen on the truck.

The business called its driver and told him to pull over and wait for police, authorities said.

The driver was arrested because state police believe he knew there was a leak even as he kept driving.

The semi-trailer driver was identified by officials as Waterbury resident Shaky Steevenson Joseph, 34.

He faces 12 counts of first-degree reckless endangerment, one count of reckless driving and one count of operating a vehicle without a proper load cover.

The stretch of interstate where the crashes happened was closed for three hours, police said.

With Post wires