Thousands of chickens roaming free on the highway.
This is not the scenario of an animated film but what happened this Wednesday morning on the A13, in Eure.
This Wednesday morning, “a heavy goods vehicle carrying poultry overturned on the A13 near St Mards de Blacarville” in the Caen-Paris direction, announced the Eure prefecture on X.
#Accident |
A heavy goods vehicle transporting poultry overturned on the A13 near St Mards de Blacarville.
⚠️Traffic is on one lane in the provincial direction ➡️Paris.
State services are currently intervening 🚒👮♂️
‼️Be careful pic.twitter.com/46JWfRm94o
— Prefect of Eure (@Prefet27) March 6, 2024
The vehicle ended up lying on the side of the road.
The 4,500 battery chickens that were being transported escaped and ended up running loose on the highway.
The driver slightly injured
A section of the highway was closed for a large part of the day.
“The A13 is closed in the direction Caen -> Paris near Toutainville to allow the lifting of heavy goods vehicles,” the prefecture indicated on also the authorities.
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⚠️The A13 is closed in the direction Caen -> Paris near Toutainville to allow the lifting of the heavy goods vehicle.
🚧A diversion is in place at the Beuzeville interchange 28, via the RD675 and the RD89.
pic.twitter.com/Xc8Jb4TwA0
— Prefect of Eure (@Prefet27) March 6, 2024
Traffic resumed this afternoon, around 4 p.m.
“Traffic on the A13 in the Caen - Paris direction is resuming,” announces the prefecture.
The fleeing poultry were recovered and “replaced in a heavy goods vehicle”.
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⚠️Traffic on the A13 in the Caen - Paris direction is resuming.
➡️ The poultry were placed back in a heavy weight.
➡️ The guardrail has been reinstalled.
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— Prefect of Eure (@Prefet27) March 6, 2024
According to our colleagues from France 3 Normandy, the driver was slightly injured and was transported to the Pont-Audemer hospital center.
The circumstances of the accident are not yet known.