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11-14-2006, 05:52 AM
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_318003200.html
The southbound truck route on the Golden State (5) Freeway was reopened after frozen pig carcasses were spilled across lanes Monday night.
A big rig collided with a box truck in the truck route from the southbound Golden State (5) Freeway just north of the Foothill (210) Freeway Monday night, scattering frozen pigs over 80 feet of the freeway, authorities said.
The collision, in which one truck clipped another, occurred at 7:36 p.m., said California Highway Patrol Officer David Porter.
The collision was at the end of the truck route, and Caltrans brought in a dump truck and loader to pick up the carcasses, Porter said.
The mess was cleaned up by 11:15 p.m., and traffic was rerouted onto the 210 Freeway.
No one was injured, Porter said.
The truck route is a section of the freeway designed to concentrate slower freeway traffic in hilly areas, helping the overall flow, he said.
The southbound truck route on the Golden State (5) Freeway was reopened after frozen pig carcasses were spilled across lanes Monday night.
A big rig collided with a box truck in the truck route from the southbound Golden State (5) Freeway just north of the Foothill (210) Freeway Monday night, scattering frozen pigs over 80 feet of the freeway, authorities said.
The collision, in which one truck clipped another, occurred at 7:36 p.m., said California Highway Patrol Officer David Porter.
The collision was at the end of the truck route, and Caltrans brought in a dump truck and loader to pick up the carcasses, Porter said.
The mess was cleaned up by 11:15 p.m., and traffic was rerouted onto the 210 Freeway.
No one was injured, Porter said.
The truck route is a section of the freeway designed to concentrate slower freeway traffic in hilly areas, helping the overall flow, he said.