MinnesotaThe incident took place on Friday morning at 7.35am on Interstate 694 near Little Canada. The truck was carrying 50 hogs and their momentary freedom led to a shutdown of the roads that lasted for hours, according to theState troopers responding to the area tried to corral the pigs as they were seen on traffic footage running in the midst of the vehicles, according to theThe hogs were seen running through the traffic on I-694 at the west junction of Interstate 35E.
Wreckers and skid loaders were called to the scene to bring the truck to a standing position and clean up the mess that covered the scene after it was overturned, causing to the morning rush hour traffic to come to a standstill.Drivers were directed to go south on I-35E during the clean-up. While the Minnesota Department of Transportation had estimated the roads to be back open by 1pm on Friday, they managed to get traffic going again much sooner.
Lt Gordon Shank at the Minnesota State Patrol said that the truck driver wasn’t injured, according to theAn investigation is underway to determine why the truck flipped in a corner on I-694 where it was set to join I-35E going north.
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