A transport truck from Steve's Livestock in Blumenort was involved in an accident Tuesday on Highway #59 at the south perimeter.
It occured about 8 am. R.C.M.P. report the truck was on the ramp turning onto the westbound perimeter when the load shifted and the trailer flipped on its side. The 22 year-old driver is okay. However 24 of the 190 hogs in the trailer perished. Another unit was brought in to take the surviving pigs to the Maple Leaf Plant in Brandon.
It occured about 8 am. R.C.M.P. report the truck was on the ramp turning onto the westbound perimeter when the load shifted and the trailer flipped on its side. The 22 year-old driver is okay. However 24 of the 190 hogs in the trailer perished. Another unit was brought in to take the surviving pigs to the Maple Leaf Plant in Brandon.