Thu, Oct 21, 2010
The New Paper
Lorry crashes, spills chickens onto roads
WHY were more than 100 chickens running around, if not quite
crossing, the road?
This was the unusual sight that greeted motorists and passers-by
at Woodlands Avenue 12.
The chickens were given a brief taste of freedom after a lorry
taking them to the slaughterhouse overturned and spilled about 200
cages onto the road (above).
The cages contained about 2,000 chickens, some of which escaped
from their cages.
The lorry was turning into Woodlands Avenue 12 from the Seletar
Expressway (SLE) when it collided with an oncoming lorry at about
10.25am.
The driver, who wanted to be known only as Mr Chen, 50, said he
owned the chickens. He estimated a loss of about $10,000 from the
accident.
A construction worker known only as Mr Liu, 44, stopped to help
catch the chickens.
He told Lianhe Wanbao: "I was worried the chickens would be
knocked down by passing vehicles."
He said he saw cars running over some chickens.
Other members of the public also helped out. All the remaining
chickens were captured, and the cages were loaded onto another
lorry.
Police said the two lorry drivers were taken to the Khoo Teck
Puat Hospital.
In another accident three hours earlier, three cars and a bus
collided at the junction of Woodlands Avenue 1 and Woodlands Avenue
2.
Source:
http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/Drivers/Others/Story/A1Story20101020-243328.html
