Pigs on the run (From Oxford Mail)

Pigs on the run

2:21pm Thursday 23rd August 2007

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Pigs were left running loose on a road near Kingston Bagpuize in Oxfordshire when a lorry transporting the animals overturned today.

Twelve of the 220 pigs on board the lorry, which overturned at about 12.30pm, escaped.

Firefighters, including an environmental protection unit, were called to the accident at the junction of the A415 roundabout the A420 Oxford to Swindon road.

The driver of the lorry was treated by ambulance staff at the scene for minor injuries and fire crews were trying to stem the flow of diesel leaking onto the road.

The pigs remain on the run.

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