Overturns a truck carrying live pigs and leaves these images in León

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On this Tuesday morning, shortly after 8:30 a.m., a truck overturned after its driver lost control of the vehicle and fell on its side.. The accident took place on the A-6 motorway, when it was near the municipality of La Bañeza, in the province of León. There have been no injuries or significant material damage, beyond what the truck itself may have suffered when it overturned, but the event has generated confusion due to the load the truck was carrying, which was left loose on the road: some live pigs.

Specifically, the incident occurred at one of the highway exit roundabouts, the one at kilometer 303 in the direction of Madrid. When the vehicle fell, the animals began to come out and dispersed around the area, creating danger for the rest of the vehicles that were moving around at that time of the morning.. The co-driver of one of them recorded a video of the pigs, free next to the overturned truck, which has been shared in the community of drivers SocialDrive.

Overturns a truck carrying live pigs

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After the accident occurred, agents of the Civil Guard, police and firefighters were quickly dispatched, who brought the animals to safety and mobilized the truck, in order to restore normal traffic, which was suffering some delays as a result of this event.. After a few hours carrying out emergency work, the road was once again fully open to traffic.

there have been no injuries

In the video we can see how some cars remain stopped because they cannot move between the pigs and the overturned truck, while there are other vehicles that drive with great caution when they see the animals wandering. Despite everything, there have been no major incidents, and the truck driver has been unharmed. After what happened, the causes that caused the truck to overturn in this way are being investigated.

Something similar happened last week on a Barcelona motorway, when another truck carrying live pigs also overturned, which also caused the animals to get out and create chaos and traffic jams. In this case, the severity was greater since there were four injuries, and some of the pigs died.