Iowa pigs take a tumble as tractor-trailer truck rolls in Kentucky

John McGlothlen

Aug. 31, 2009 9:54 am

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A traffic crash northwest of Lexington has killed some livestock and has authorities rounding up pigs.

WLEX-TV in Lexington reported some of the swine were killed when a tractor-trailer truck rolled on Interstate 24 in Scott County early Monday.

The station quoted police saying the truck was transporting about 80 pigs from Iowa when the driver lost control.

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Information from: WLEX-TV, http://www.wlextv.com

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