Semi-truck rollover sends chickens spilling across highway

By CNN Newsource

Published June 23, 2023 7:26 AM

By KPTV Staff

PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A rollover crash of a semi-truck has sent chickens across NB I-5, officials confirm.

According to PPB, the crash happened at NB I-5 north of Brier Place overpass, who reported the crash just after 4:45 a.m.

Traffic in the area is delayed but the drivers can get around by the left lane, PPB says.

By 7 a.m., crews were at work cleaning up chickens from I-5, with police saying many were still alive but some had died in the crash.

The driver of the semi is said to be uninjured.

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