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Pigs died as lorry overturned on A303 Southfield Roundabout
Date of alert:
Sunday, 26 February 2023
Crime Ref:
Force:
Devon & Cornwall Police
A lorry transporting 200 pigs overturned near Ilminster yesterday (Thursday), leaving the driver injured and 130 of the animals dead.
The driver was trapped when the HGV overturned at the A303 Southfield Roundabout.
When the fire service was called at 12.48pm, it dispatched three fire engines. Crews got to work freeing the trapped driver and called for specialist rescue equipment from Bridgwater to help release the pigs.
The driver was successfully freed and taken to Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton by ambulance.
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