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Chickens Run Wild After Big Rig Crash in California
NBC Bay Area ^
| Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014
| Christina London and Candice Nguyen
Posted on 02/18/2014 9:36:46 AM PST by nickcarraway
A semi-truck carrying thousands of live chickens crashed Monday in San Diego County, sending chickens running wild.
A big rig coming from a Potrero chicken farm overturned just before 9 p.m. in the 17300 block of Highway 94 in Dulzura. The California Highway Patrol issued a Sig Alert for the area.
According to CHP, the driver told officers that he saw a deer and swerved, flipping his truck and trapping him inside. The accident also started a brush fire.
Two witnesses rushed to rescue the driver. One of the men smashed the side window with his foot so they could pull out the man.
The driver suffered minor injuries, according to officials.
CHP said the truck was carrying approximately 2,600 chickens.
Animal Control was called to wrangle the 20 or so chickens running free. Officials confirmed that some chickens did die in the fire.
The fire could have been a bigger problem, considering the dry brush and nearby homes. However, there was a fire station just down the road from the crash site.
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To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
Did the escaped chickens cross the road?
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posted on
02/18/2014 9:40:23 AM PST
by
married21
( As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
To: nickcarraway
time for another (eco-terrorists) PEtA monument (for chickens)
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posted on
02/18/2014 9:40:49 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
Comment #5 Removed by Moderator
To: nickcarraway
when I saw it happened her San Diego all I could think of was illegals gone wild.... does that make me a bad person??
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posted on
02/18/2014 9:43:22 AM PST
by
Nifster
To: nickcarraway
Col. Sanders is deeply saddened.
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posted on
02/18/2014 9:46:11 AM PST
by
mabarker1
(Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!!)
To: married21
yes, to avoid the truck crash.
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posted on
02/18/2014 9:46:14 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
To: nickcarraway
“CHP said the truck was carrying approximately 2,600 chickens.
“Animal Control was called to wrangle the 20 or so chickens running free.”
Wow. Big deal. I was hoping for something far more spectacular. Fewer than 1% of the chickens got loose, and they had to call animal control to handle it? Must be a slow news day at NBC Bay Area.
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posted on
02/18/2014 9:48:08 AM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: nickcarraway
Do the chickens have large talon?
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posted on
02/18/2014 9:53:39 AM PST
by
TurboZamboni
(Marx smelled bad and lived with his parents .)
To: nickcarraway
At least “Animal Control” caught the chickens and didn’t “Choke” the chicken(s)! :-)!
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posted on
02/18/2014 9:55:17 AM PST
by
US Navy Vet
(Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
To: left that other site
"That’s really foul fowl.
There, fixed it.
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posted on
02/18/2014 9:55:21 AM PST
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Abathar
To: Nifster
Why..illegals / El Pollo Loco...I see the connection
14
posted on
02/18/2014 9:59:48 AM PST
by
tophat9000
(Are we headed to a Cracker Slacker War?)
To: nickcarraway
Officials confirmed that some chickens did die in the fire.
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posted on
02/18/2014 10:07:36 AM PST
by
Flick Lives
("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
To: nickcarraway
The CHP doesn’t suspect fowl play?
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posted on
02/18/2014 10:12:32 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: skinkinthegrass
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posted on
02/18/2014 10:13:55 AM PST
by
Salamander
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: married21; shibumi
I long for the day when a chicken can cross the road without having its motives questioned.
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posted on
02/18/2014 10:15:03 AM PST
by
Salamander
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Salamander
*grin*..good (claymation) movie :-)
btw, liked your Boa(s) pic. on the other thread.
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posted on
02/18/2014 10:30:05 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
To: Salamander
"I long for the day when a chicken can cross the
road without having its motives questioned. "
heck, they (chickens) do that all the time on Tates Creek Rd.
(13+ mi) in Madison County, KY..even in the snow/ice.
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posted on
02/18/2014 10:43:53 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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