Pigs run loose on metro highway after semitruck tips over in Minnesota
Pigs ran loose on a metro highway after a semitrailer truck that was carrying them overturned LITTLE CANADA, Minn. -- Pigs ran loose on a metro highway after a semitrailer truck that was carrying 50 hogs overturned, causing an hours-long shutdown Friday morning in Minnesota on Interstate 694. State troopers tried to corral several loose pigs that cameras showed running through traffic, the Star Tribune reported. The truck tipped over around 7:35 a.m. and caused morning rush hour traffic to back up for more than a mile, Minnesota Department of Transportation cameras showed. The truck driver was not hurt, according to Lt. Gordon Shank with the Minnesota State Patrol. Ten pigs died in the crash. Authorities rounded up the pigs, some of which were injured. Investigators are looking into what caused the semi to tip on its side as it navigated the curve on I-694 where it joins with northbound Interstate 35E. Nearly five years ago, more than 20 pigs spilled onto the roads in a more rural par...