Tractor-Trailer Crashes, Spills Chickens Onto Highway in Delaware

A tractor-trailer carrying chickens crashed into another tractor-trailer on a Delaware highway overnight, spilling the chickens onto the road.

Police said the crash occurred on southbound Route 1 at exit 119 in Smyrna about 3:45 a.m. Wednesday. No people were injured in the crash, but one of the trucks overturned, spilling the chickens onto the highway.

Southbound Route 1 was shut down in the area of the crash for several hours. It reopened later Wednesday morning.

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