Source: Missoulian / Yahoo News
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) -- A truck dripping rancid juices from thousands of pounds of rotting chicken sat in the heat attracting flies Thursday at a western Montana truck stop, where an Idaho trucking company employee abandoned it at least three days earlier.
The driver left the trailer containing approximately 37,000 pounds of frozen chicken near the Flying J Truck Stop west of Missoula after the company refused his requests for more money, authorities said. The chicken was worth $80,000.
The truck was discovered Tuesday, though it's unclear exactly how long it had been there.
The trucker reportedly texted Dixie River Freight Inc. several times, saying he needed more money. When the company refused to pay him until he delivered the load, he apparently abandoned the trailer at the truck stop, according to police in Nampa, Idaho.
On Thursday, the trailer was surrounded by sawhorses, crime scene tape and flies at the truck stop as temperatures threatened to reach the 90-degree range for a second straight day.
Alisha Johnson with the Missoula City-County Health Department said Dixie River's insurance company was in charge of cleaning up the mess and it's not a simple job.
It involves getting the landfill prepared to receive the load, Johnson told the Missoulian on Thursday. "They'll probably have to dig a separate hole for this."
"There's a possibility of re-freezing the trailer, but that could make it harder to off-load if it's frozen together," she said.
Shannon Therriault, environmental health supervisor with the health department, said it would be nice to be able move it just once.
"People don't want rotting chicken juice all over their cars if it's transported down the highway or down the roadway," Therriault told KECI-TV. "There are things that are in raw chicken that can make you sick, and we don't want someone to incidentally get it on their hands and then ingest it."
Nampa police are searching for the truck driver but had not released any information by early Thursday afternoon.
Never heard of chicknapping
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I don't ecspect this guy to ever drive trk again.Wonder how much more money he was asking to deliver this load
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I'm waiting for the 'Don't pull loads for Dixie River, they won't pay you!' thread to appear.
We can ask him, then.pattyj, crappiejunkie, tangerineGT and 3 others Thank this. -
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Pfffft, Febreeze it TRUCKER'S ultimate ANSWER TO stench , the trailer I know of with the rotten beef was stripped of rear suspension and tires , reefer fuel tank and was crushed and buried
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I heard that the driver was trucker Abe.
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I heard the driver was trucker Abe.
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Authorities reported that the driver was "running around like a chicken with it's head cut off" before leaving the scene.
The truck stop had complained the smell was fowl by the 2nd day.
More news at 10, Movie at 11.jeepnut_nh and skellr Thank this. -
I'm not sure why it took them 3 days to discover the problem. Who runs a reefer load with no drops for 3 days?
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Maybe the driver was reacting to the symptoms of " bird flu"....
Something ruffled his feathers. Maybe a Tyson driver will stop and pick up the load.Last edited by a moderator: Sep 25, 2014
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