31st
December
2009
82 Pigs Cause the Closing of M11 Southbound Towards London
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Apparently the very busy motorway, the Southbound M11 towards London, was recently shutdown after a HGV carrying a consignment of 82 pigs crashed. The Essex Fire and Rescue Service attended the scene at Junction 8 to find that about 12 pigs had escaped from the lorry and were running free on the road.
A spokesman said, at 5:21am on Wednesday morning, the carriageway was closed while emergency crews tried to round up the animals and secure them in a makeshift pen. The police, at the time, said that about 50 animals were still believed to be trapped in the wreckage, which [...]
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