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Overturned semi closed Highway 24, lets hogs roam free in Clayton

Overturned semi closed Highway 24, lets hogs roam free in Clayton

7 years, 5 months ago by Mary Griffith

Driver hauling hogs to Beardstown fell asleep

Highway 24 at Clayton re-opened Monday morning after being closed for six hours, as wrecker crews moved an over-turned semi that let hogs roam free in Clayton.

The round-up of some of the 170 hogs in the semi, who escaped when it flipped over, took several hours. Most were corralled in a temporary enclosure, but some were roaming freely through Clayton for several hours. At around 1:45 Monday morning, Adams County Sheriff's Deputies were called to the crash site on East Outerbelt Drive in Clayton. They say that 26 year old Robert Parker of Staunton, Illinois told them he fell asleep at the wheel, while taking the hogs to Beardstown. The semi went off the road and hit an embankment, causing it to tip over.

Parker was eventually taken to Blessing Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

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