Turkeys escape!
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:50 am
Live turkeys fall off truck, snarl turnpike traffic
Posted 11/18/2005 4:07 PM
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/20 ... keys_x.htm
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Maybe they knew what was coming.
Two dozen live turkeys bound for Thanksgiving tables fell off a truck Friday on the New Jersey Turnpike, briefly snarling traffic near Newark Liberty International Airport.
"I think we should be investigating this as an escape attempt," said Joseph Orlando, a spokesman for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
The two crates fell as a truck was leaving the highway, and a toll booth supervisor who spotted them contacted authorities. The birds, which survived the fall, will presumably be returned to the trucker — if the driver notices they're missing, Orlando said.
Posted 11/18/2005 4:07 PM
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/20 ... keys_x.htm
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Maybe they knew what was coming.
Two dozen live turkeys bound for Thanksgiving tables fell off a truck Friday on the New Jersey Turnpike, briefly snarling traffic near Newark Liberty International Airport.
"I think we should be investigating this as an escape attempt," said Joseph Orlando, a spokesman for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
The two crates fell as a truck was leaving the highway, and a toll booth supervisor who spotted them contacted authorities. The birds, which survived the fall, will presumably be returned to the trucker — if the driver notices they're missing, Orlando said.