Truck dumps 40,000 pounds of feathers on highway

May 25, 2018 at 4:12 a.m. | Updated May 25, 2018 at 4:09 a.m.

by Associated Press

In this Wednesday, May 23, 2018, photo provided by KOMOnews.com, chicken feathers cover the ground alongside Interstate 5 in Federal Way, Wash. A tractor-trailer made a fowl mess when it rolled over, dumping about 40,000 pounds of chicken feathers across the freeway. Washington State Patrol Trooper Rick Johnson says the driver told investigators he fell asleep at about 3:30 a.m. north of Tacoma and lost control of the truck, which hit a guardrail and overturned. The truck was hauling the feathers from a poultry facility to a rendering company in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Joshua Morgan/KOMOnews.com via AP)
In this Wednesday, May 23, 2018, photo provided by KOMOnews.com, chicken feathers cover the ground alongside Interstate 5 in Federal Way, Wash. A tractor-trailer made a fowl mess when it rolled over, dumping about 40,000 pounds of chicken feathers across the freeway. Washington State Patrol Trooper Rick Johnson says the driver told investigators he fell asleep at about 3:30 a.m. north of Tacoma and lost control of the truck, which hit a guardrail and overturned. The truck was hauling the feathers from a poultry facility to a rendering company in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Joshua Morgan/KOMOnews.com via AP)

FEDERAL WAY, Wash.-A tractor-trailer made a fowl mess when it rolled over in Washington state. It dumped about 40,000 pounds of chicken feathers across Interstate 5.

Washington State Patrol Trooper Rick Johnson says the driver told investigators he fell asleep at about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday north of Tacoma and lost control of the truck, which hit a guardrail and overturned.

The truck was hauling the feathers from a poultry facility to a rendering company in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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