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This little piggie didn't get to market: swine gut spill closes Missouri highway

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A tractor-trailer loaded with pig intestines caused a three-lane mess on I-670.

Pigs made quite the mess on a highway in Missouri. Three lanes on the westbound Interstate 670 past U.S. Highway 71 in Kansas City were closed off after a tractor-trailer spilled an entire load of animal parts on the highway on Thursday.

The Missouri Department of Transportation confirmed to local media the spilling splattered across the highway was comprised of pig intestines.The spill caused quite the backup on the highway. MDOT shared images of the long line of stopped cars awaiting the highway's reopening. However, the building traffic was only one part of the problem—emergency crews had to figure out exactly how to clear the roads of the mess.

 

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