More than 136,000 eggs have splattered on a road when they shifted and fell out of a truck driving through Pennsylvania, police say.

The Republican Herald reported that 11,340 dozen eggs and 2,260 gallons (8,555 litres) of egg product were ruined when a 66-year-old driver lost control of the semi-trailer on Tuesday.

Hegins Township police said the driver, Joseph Miles, 66, had just picked the eggs up at Carl Faus Farm and was on his way to Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. The eggs were fertilised chicken eggs on their way to an incubator.

Camera Icon Crews work to clean tens of thousands of eggs that fell from a truck in Hegins Township. Credit: AP

Police say Miles was driving north on Route 125 uphill. As he approached the Route 25 intersection, the load shifted causing the eggs and egg products to fall and roll down the hill.

Miles reportedly did not realise the eggs had fallen and continued his drive.

A section of Route 125 was closed for several hours after the incident as crews worked to clear the road.

An investigation into the unsecured load is ongoing.