Truck carrying 2,600 piglets overturns on Raleigh Beltline in Raleigh, North Carolina

Animal control officers and Raleigh Police were on the scene after the tractor trailer truck fell on its side and smashed against a guard rail. Police said the truck was traveling to Iowa from Johnston County. Some of the pigs were “seriously injured,” authorities said.

The crash lead to a chaotic scene with hundreds of squealing pigs and hundreds of motorists trapped in traffic. Animal control officers and Raleigh Police were on the scene after the tractor-trailer truck fell on its side and smashed against a guard rail.