1,300 piglets rescued after Indiana highway crash
Published in Weird News
INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) -- Hundreds of piglets on the way to market were rescued from a semi that overturned on an interstate outside of Indianapolis. Some 700 pigs died as a result of the crash, but hundreds of others were saved.
The semi, traveling from North Carolina to Iowa to deliver the swine, flipped on Interstate 465 near Interstate 74, the Indiana State Police said. The truck was carrying 2,058 pigs. The driver was not seriously injured.
The Wayne Township Fire Department was called to help release the trapped pigs. Video shows rescue workers cutting through the truck's metal roof and then crews moving the swine to safety.
The pigs were taken to the Indiana State Fairgrounds for the night and later transported to their final destination.
This is one for the books in the city. Crews are being relieved by other fire crews due to the work load. pic.twitter.com/k9wSM89zPS— Wayne Twp Fire Dept (@Waynetwpfire) November 21, 2014
We would like to thank all those who provided assistance in resolving the overturned truck loaded with piglets. pic.twitter.com/fXGem931eY— Wayne Twp Fire Dept (@Waynetwpfire) November 21, 2014
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