Three houses, one made of hay, one of sticks and one of bricks, have been constructed along U.S. Route 35 in Xenia Township west of
Authorities estimate up to 1,100 piglets may have died when a semitrailer carrying 2,200 piglets overturned on an Ohio highway.
Agencies and volunteers worked to corral the animals after the crash Monday night on U.S. Route 35 in Xenia Township, near Dayton. Crews picked up squealing pigs by their hind legs. Some may have escaped into wooded areas. Deputy Chief Greg Beegle of the township's fire department says authorities rounded up those they could find before ending the search. He says 1,100 were taken to Greene County Fairgrounds to await transportation. The truck was traveling to Indiana from South Carolina.
Beegle says pigs killed were crushed, suffocated or thrown from the truck. Authorities say the uninjured semitrailer driver lost control, slamming into a guardrail. A female passenger had minor injuries.
Dayton, Ohio, Monday, June 15, 2015. An anonymous apparent fan of pigs and fairy tales is offering some shelter for any piglets still loose after a semitrailer crash last week in southwest Ohio.
XENIA, Ohio (AP) — An anonymous apparent fan of pigs and fairy tales is offering some shelter for any piglets still loose after a semitrailer crash last week in southwest Ohio.
Motorists on U.S. Route 35 in Xenia (ZEEN'-uyh) Township west of Dayton noticed Monday the three small houses along the highway, built fabled "Three Little Pigs" style: That means one of straw or hay, one of sticks and one of bricks.
The Dayton Daily News reports that no big bad wolves had huffed and puffed enough to blow down any houses by late afternoon. Authorities aren't sure how many of the small pigs might have evaded round-up efforts. They say about half of the 2,200 Indiana-bound young pigs were killed when the truck overturned, and nearly all the rest were recovered.
