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Careless driving charge laid after pig truck crash near Kitchener, Ont.: police

KITCHENER, Ont. — Waterloo regional police say the driver of a truck that flipped on its side, injuring many of the more than 200 pigs it was transporting, has been charged.

KITCHENER, Ont. — Waterloo regional police say the driver of a truck that flipped on its side, injuring many of the more than 200 pigs it was transporting, has been charged.

Police say they responded to a call of a single-vehicle crash Monday afternoon just west of Kitchener, Ont., in Wilmot Township,

They say the livestock transport truck tipped onto its side while making a left turn.

Fifty-four injured pigs had to be euthanized.

Police say the truck sustained extensive damage, but the 24-year-old man charged with careless driving was not injured.

 

The Canadian Press

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