SUFFOLK, Va. — An overturned tractor-trailer truck with hogs onboard caused a part of Godwin Boulevard to close in Suffolk Friday morning.
Smithfield Foods has a response team heading to the scene.
Suffolk Police and Suffolk Fire & Rescue responded to the accident sometime after 1 a.m. in the 5400 block of Godwin Boulevard.
Between 160-180 hogs were onboard the truck at the time of the accident, officials said. There is no word on how many animals were injured or killed.
The driver was not injured.
Parts of the road have reopened and the scene has been cleared, officials said.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
