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Authorities say a tractor-trailer hauling 30,000lb of live Canadian lobster has overturned on an interstate in Maine.

Maine state troopers say truck driver Horst Puff, of Greenfield, Nova Scotia, reported that he swerved early on Wednesday to avoid striking a car that had spun out in front of him on Interstate 95 in Benton. Puff’s truck ended up on its side in the median, but he was unhurt.

A state police spokesman, Steve McCausland, said the fate of the lobsters is not immediately clear.

A crane was dispatched to hoist the truck upright so the cargo could be inspected.

McCausland said one of the southbound lanes was closed because of the crash.