A lost load of butchered pig heads made Houston traffic a little worse this week

A lost load of butchered pigs made the usual commute along I-10 a little difficult for travelers on Thursday afternoon. The photo has been edited for graphic material.

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A lost load of butchered pig heads made the usual commute along I-10 extra fun on Thursday afternoon for travelers along the busy stretch of interstate.

One Houstonian, Victoria Childs, was able to safely snap a photo of the bloody scene near the Campbell Road exit. It quickly became the talk of Houston Reddit.

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According to Childs it caused a minor backup at around 5:30 p.m. heading west.

"It still looked fresh and traffic didn't seem as heavy so I'd assume it happened 10 minutes prior to that," she told Chron.com on Friday.

Interim executive director Dinah Massie with Houston TranStar is no stranger to seeing strange, sometimes gross, lost loads along Houston's roads. The most common spills her team sees are construction-related items, like ladders, bricks, cement, and pipes. Unsecured household goods like mattresses, furniture, and kitchen items are also the norm.

According to Massie things like this usually get cleaned up by the folks at the Texas Department of Transportation, in charge of keeping roads clear of obstacles, pork and otherwise.

"They said they were planning to do safety drives today, so they'll make a point to head that way to be sure the scene is clean-ish," Massie said.

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Danny Perez with the Texas Department of Transportation said Friday that they were following up to see if any further cleanup was needed.

Craig Hlavaty is a reporter for Chron.com and HoustonChronicle.com.