Portion of I-35 in Des Moines closed after semitrailer carrying pigs rolls over

Makayla Tendall | The Des Moines Register

Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Hog truck overturns on I-35 in Des Moines Traffic camera video provided by the Iowa DOT shows the scene of a overturned semitrailer and the efforts to save nearly 200 hogs on board.

A portion of Interstate 35 will remain closed Thursday morning and troopers work to right a semitrailer and corral displaced pigs, killing 60 of the 170 pigs.

Sgt. Nathan Ludwig, a spokesman with the Iowa State Patrol, said officers responded to a call of a semitrailer rolled over in a southbound lane of I-35 on the East Mixmaster.

The driver was not injured.

Ludwig said troopers were offloading the 170 swine at about 9 a.m. so the truck could be righted.

Though no injuries were reported, the southbound-to-eastbound ramp of I-35 will remain closed for at least a few hours, Ludwig said.