Firefighters save pigs in road crash
A RESCUE operation was launched after a lorry carrying 200 pigs overturned on a roundabout.
Firefighters were called to to the incident at Swan House roundabout on the A68 West Auckland Road yesterday.
The driver of the vehicle was rescued from the cab and taken to hospital. His condition is unknown.
A spokesman for County Durham & Darlington Fire & Rescue Service said: “An articulated lorry overturned and it was carrying approximately 200 pigs.we managed to get the driver out of the top of the cab.
“Six appliances were dispatched in 10 minutes and there was local assistance from farmers, and two vets. The majority of the pigs have survived, at least 80% are still alive.”