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Georgia tractor-trailer crash unleashes 80,000 pounds of raw chicken causing ‘hen-drance’ on interstate

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A crash involving a Racine city bus and a school bus prompted a response from Flight for Life the afternoon of Sept. 6, 2023.

How did the chicken cross the road? In suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, it fell out of an overturned tractor-trailer in a seven vehicle crash that launched 80,000 pounds of raw rotisserie chicken onto the highway.

Sandy Springs Police Department confirmed to FOX 5 Atlanta that the 18-wheel tractor-trailer was carrying 80,000 pounds of frozen rotisserie chicken when it crashed in a seven car pileup on I-285 at approximately 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

Police said the crash not only caused a fuel spill, but the semi was carrying tens of thousands of pounds of raw rotisserie chicken that ended up all over the interstate. (FOX 5 Atlanta)

Police say there is also a fuel spill related to the crash.

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SKYFOX 5 flew over the disastrous scene, and after the responding department worked around the ‘cluck’ two lanes of traffic were open by 8 p.m. 

Traffic is currently blocked on I-285 eastbound in Sandy Springs after a tractor-trailer spilled 80,000 pounds of raw frozen chicken. (FOX 5 Atlanta)

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Responding emergency services were captured responding to the scene. Police did not confirm is anyone was injured during the accident. 

Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a writer on the breaking news team for Fox News Digital. You can reach her on Twitter at @s_rumpfwhitten.

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