(Mechanicstown Fire Department Facebook page)
TOWN OF WALLKILL – Over 1,000 live chickens were dumped in cages from a large tractor-trailer truck when it tipped on its side as the driver was on the Interstate 84 exit 4 ramp in the Town of Wallkill.
The incident occurred around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday spilling the poultry down a grassy embankment. Many of the birds were killed.
State Police Troop F spokesman Trooper Steven Nevel said he believed the chickens were being transported to a poultry processing facility in Sullivan County.
It took several hours to clean up the mess.
The driver was treated and released at Orange Regional Medical Center in Wallkill.
