Chicken truck overturns on Delaware highway; birds sent flying
An unusual traffic jam was ruffling the feathers of rush-hour commuters in Dover, Delaware Thursday morning.
A chicken truck overturned on a highway, according to the Dover Police Department, which tweeted a photo of the feathered chaos:
Delays expected at 13/113 split as the result of an overturned chicken truck. Use caution in area or alternate route. pic.twitter.com/zJHaNjIfYR
— Dover Police Dept. (@DoverDEPolice) August 14, 2014
Police said the truck overturned before 6:30 a.m. on Route 13 and there were no reports of injuries, according to WBOC-TV. There was no immediate word on what caused the truck to overturn.
The accident was causing traffic delays as the cleanup continued, the police said on their Facebook page.