Venice, 23 May 2024 – Un truck loaded with livestock it spilled onto the A4. Traffic in haywire: carcasses of dead animals on the roadbosses stuck in the middle, cows and calves on the run on the roadway. It happened around 6.30 this morning in Vicenza, between the Montecchio Maggiore and Vicenza toll booths. Also slightly injured two drivers. The junction is closed Beautiful mountain.
What happened
Hell broke loose this morning on the lanes of the A4 direction of Venicefor a collision between a truck and a car. An articulated lorry load of cattle overturned on one side. Slightly the two drivers were injured. Of the 50 animals on boardsome died on impact, while others ran away onto the highway.
Cars blocked not only due to the presence of several carcasses of dead animals on the roadwaysbut also of calves and cows that remained stuck in the trailer. Some animals also escaped along the highway.
Animal recovery
The traffic police, firefighters and some arrived on the scene veterinarians of Ulss 8 Berica who are trying to recover frightened and injured animals, fleeing towards west Vicenza. Injured truck driver and at the moment, at the moment they are estimated 5 kilometer queue.
