A cattle truck carrying 180 pigs overturned on the A7 motorway near Loriol-sur-Drôme (Drôme), this Monday around 8:40 p.m.
A tire on the vehicle burst, reports France Bleu Drôme Ardèche.
About fifty pigs were thus ejected or found themselves free on the road.
Some animals have perished.
The driver of the truck was not injured in the accident, specifies France 3 Auvergne Rhône-Alpes.
Prevent stray pigs
About fifteen firefighters, gendarmes and Vinci Autoroutes agents were mobilized to try to prevent the wandering of the pigs and avoid a new accident.
Loriol-sur-Drome.
Drôme: the trailer of a truck overturns, pigs free on the A7 #DauphineLibere https://t.co/vFF5xdzEr1
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The highway was thus cut in both directions for a good part of the night.
A crane truck was also dispatched to the scene to remove the damaged trailer.
Traffic was fully restored around 4 a.m. Tuesday morning.
A cyclist stuck under a truck after a collision in the Drôme
He remains stuck 5 meters above the ground after the crash of his ULM in the Drôme
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