HEBER CITY, Utah (AP) - A semitrailer carrying hundreds of live turkeys has crashed into a reservoir northeast of Provo, injuring the driver and spilling birds in and around the water.
Utah State Parks spokesman Eugene Swalberg said in a statement Thursday morning that the driver was hospitalized but details about the driver’s condition were unknown.
Swalberg says the truck was headed down Provo Canyon on U.S. Route 189 when it hit a guard rail, sending the truck into Deer Creek Reservoir.
KSL-TV reports the crash left crates and dead turkeys in the reservoir and on the bank.
Swalberg says it’s unclear what caused the crash.
He says crews are working to contain any diesel fuel leaked by the truck.
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