Overturned truck on NJ interstate scatters sheep, goats, cattle; about 80 animals die
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State police say about 80 animals died after a truck carrying sheep, goats and calves overturned on Interstate 80 in New Jersey.
The animals were among roughly 200 on their way to a slaughterhouse when they were tossed out of the tractor-trailer early Thursday near the New Jersey-Pennsylvania line.
Truck driver Marvin Raber told authorities he was driving from Ohio to New York when he tried to change lanes and his truck hit a guardrail.
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It took about four hours before eastbound lanes reopened through Knowlton. Authorities had to round up the roaming animals and clear away carcasses.
The surviving animals are being cared for at a local livestock auction market.
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