Hogs escape from overturned tractor-trailer on Route 40 in Sussex County
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SUSSEX COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- Several hogs escaped from a tractor-trailer on Tuesday after police said the vehicle overturned on Route 40 in Sussex County.
On Tuesday, June 23, the Sussex County Sheriff's Office requested an investigation by Virginia State Police into a tractor-trailer that had overturned on Route 40, west of Tyrus Road.
Police said the preliminary investigation revealed that the driver of a 2005 Kenworth W900 tractor that was hauling hogs for Smithfield Foods was heading east on Route 40 when the tractor-trailer ran off the road, causing it to overturn.
After the tractor-trailer overturned, police said several hogs escaped, and some remained on the trailer.
Officials said the driver, Gregory Montez King of the town of Clayton in Johnston County, N.C., was not injured and was charged with failure to maintain lane and failure to maintain proper control of a vehicle.
(Photo: Virginia State Police)
(Photo: Virginia State Police)
(Photo: Virginia State Police)
(Photo: Virginia State Police)
Police said Smithfield Foods personnel are on-site, continuing to capture all loose hogs and transferring them off the trailer.
The Virginia Department of Transportation has reportedly established a detour at the intersections of both Sussex Drive at Cabin Stick Road and Sussex Drive at Courthouse Road. There were no traffic backups as of the time of reporting.
