Thousands of chickens block Austrian motorway
04 Jul 2017 / 17:26 H.
Firemen remove chicken and transport boxes from the A1 highway in Asten near Linz, upper Austria, where a poultry truck caused traffic chaos after losing its freight on July 4, 2017. The truck was loaded with 7,000 chicken. — AFP
VIENNA: Emergency workers in Austria had an egg-stremely unusual operation on Tuesday removing an estimated 7,000 chickens which were blocking a busy motorway.
The birds' unexpected break for freedom came after the lorry transporting them lost its load on the A1 autobahn near Linz in the north of the country.
"Boxes containing dead and injured animals were strewn over a 160m stretch (of road) while thousands of chickens ran onto the motorway on both sides," police said.
The incident closed the motorway towards the capital Vienna during the busy morning rush hour and caused long traffic jams in the other direction as drivers slowed down to look. — AFP