If pigs could talk, two that fell off the back of a truck
traveling through Gilroy would have quite the story to tell.
If pigs could talk, two that fell off the back of a truck traveling through Gilroy would have quite the story to tell.
California Highway Patrol officers may be old hands at dealing with unruly drivers, but a couple of delinquent pigs scampering across three lanes of 70 mph traffic on U.S. 101 really put them to the test Friday morning.
“It’s been like this all week,” said CHP Officer Jaime Rios referring to an unusually busy week of accidents. Still, nothing came close to what officers encountered when responding to this incident, he said.
The CHP office was inundated with calls from passing motorists who had to dodge two pigs police believe fell off the back of a truck that morning.
“They were running around 101,” Rios said. “We had to go out there and wrestle them down.”
To avoid accidents, CHP closed down a portion of southbound U.S. 101 near 10th Street Friday morning for a few minutes while they worked to corral the disobedient animals.
“We just had to get the pigs off to the shoulder,” Rios said.
The CHP contacted the owner, who planned to pick up the porcine miscreants from animal control.
