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MONROE, N.C. — Transportation crews spent Monday morning clearing hams that spilled from a tractor-trailer onto the eastbound lanes of Highway 74.
A new addition this morning as hams are currently scattered all over a portion of 74 https://t.co/3Jp5GLKvIr
— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) December 12, 2022
According to an officer with the Monroe Police Department, the crash happened around 7 a.m. that day in the eastbound lanes of the highway at Fowler Secrest Road.
Police said a passenger car and a tractor-trailer collided. Photos and video sent to Channel 9 show the overturned tractor-trailer and its contents, hundreds of boxes from Smithfield Foods, along with several hams, all over the highway.
No one was seriously hurt in the crash, police said.
Traffic was being diverted onto John Moore Road and then Old Charlotte Road while crews cleared the road.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
(WATCH BELOW: Overturned tractor-trailer carrying live chickens prompts closure on Highway 64 in Burke County)
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