WYANDOTTE COUNTY —Thanksgiving Eve is the busiest travel day of the year on U.S. roads.
"It’s also of the most dangerous - for both man and beast, Kansas City, Kansas police reported on their social media page.
Just after 10a.m. Wednesday, northbound 635 at Interstate 70 was closed for several hours after a semi carrying 95 hogs, crashed and overturned.
The driver was not injured. Four of the hogs died in the crash.
KCKPD officers responded to assist Kansas Highway Patrol with traffic while Kansas City Kansas Animal Services officers and Director, Ashley Scott, coordinated and oversaw the safe transfer of the surviving hogs to a local holding facility.
"It may not be a typical example, but it definitely shows how important it is that KCK Animal Services works together with law enforcement to protect both residents and animals in the community."