A stomach-turning scene reminiscent of a horror movie saw turkey remnants sprawled across four lanes of Ontario Street (Line 34), west of Road 111, on Wednesday afternoon.
Stratford FD said they received a call at 4:33 p.m. and arrived on scene, to find turkey remnants and fluids all over the road.
Chief Neil Anderson told MyStratfordNow a large tandem tractor trailer was hauling turkey remnants to a rendering plant, east bound, and was cut off by another vehicle.
The trailer emergency avoidance system activated and locked up the braking system.
(Above video courtesy of Jess Kudas)
This caused remnants and fluid to slosh in the front trailer and overflow onto the road.
Anderson said the road was impassible and very slick due to carcasses and fluid.
The fire department closed off all lanes with their vehicles to make the area safe and sprayed off the tractor portion of the truck so the driver could continue with the delivery without tracking the mess and fluid further down the highway.
A contracted clean-up vacuum truck arrived to remove materials.
Stratford police said no charges were laid but the road was closed for two hours.
“Definitely a first time for most to have such an unusual response and it is just a reminder to respect larger vehicles and to provide them a wider berth for their stopping distance.”
