Big Rig Crashes Spilling 5,000 Chickens onto Freeway + Marco Rubio

[flamingdem]

Big-rig crash spills 5,000 chickens onto freeway near Vacaville

It was only a temporary reprieve from death row for about 5,000 chickens headed to a processing plant early Thursday morning in Northern California.

A big rig carrying crates with about 5,000 live chickens crashed into another big rig, tossing the crates and poultry onto Interstate 80 near Vacaville about 2 a.m., KTXL-TV Channel 40 reported.

The crash resulted in the closure of all westbound lanes for several hours as authorities tried to corral some of the escaped chickens who were –- yes, we'll say it -– trying to cross the road.

The driver of the chicken truck had apparently fallen asleep and was swerving on the freeway. The other truck, carrying jugs of water, was stopped on the shoulder with mechanical problems. He tried to radio the poultry truck driver to wake him up, but got no response. The trucks clipped each other, and one of the trailers carrying the chickens jack-knifed and spilled the chicken crates onto the road.



In other news, Marco Rubio is a douche:

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Run, chicken, run!!

[Enrique]

2. is the Marco Rubio part the biggest non-sequitur I've ever seen?

or am I missing something?

[flamingdem]

3. There's a connection

but it's pretty deep and philosophical-like.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. This 'moment of zen' is too far over my head

[lumberjack_jeff]

5. Why?

[flamingdem]

6. There must be some mistake, I paid that already, braaack!

[Initech]

7. Has anyone in this family seen a chicken?

[flamingdem]

8. Do you mean the DU family or the Marco Rubio family

because I'm sure Marco Rubio has seen a bunch of chickens.

[Initech]

9. I was trying to make a reference to Arrested Development but it backfired.