Truck hauling hogs tips over
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This article was published 14/07/2018 (2735 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It was a rare sight on Friday afternoon as pigs rolled in the mud beside the Wheat Belt Road just north of Brandon after the semi-trailer truck that was carrying them tipped over.
The truck was travelling from Decker Colony, a little more than an hour northwest of Brandon, with 50 pigs on board when it tipped over at the entrance to the Co-op Cardlock fuel stop at approximately 1:30 p.m.
“Our investigator on scene kind of determined that when (the driver) was making the corner … it was kind of close to the slope and possibly the livestock in the trailer were moving around and may have put the weight on one side and it tipped,” said Cpl. Michael Boychuk of Blue Hills RCMP.
The driver was a 30-year-old man from Decker Colony who escaped the crash with no injuries.
Boychuk said he did not believe any livestock were injured in the incident, either.
Shortly after the truck tipped over, a hole was cut into the top of the truck with a saw in order to reach the pigs that were trapped inside. Loud squealing could be heard coming from inside.
The pigs were then escorted onto a replacement truck that had arrived, with handlers using red and blue paddles to usher them along.
However, four or five pigs proved to be more difficult to round up.
Three of them laid in the muddy grass about 10 metres from the overturned truck, having made their escape.
Their bellies heaved under the warmth of the hot sun, and the occasional snort escaped their snouts.
These pigs were pushed by a few men from the side of the road and back in the direction of the replacement truck with the use of paddles and black boards.
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