Authorities say more than 200 pigs are dead after a semi rolled over in Dallas County, near the Guthrie County line.  Lt. Adam Infante with the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office told KJAN News the accident happened at around 12:50-a.m. Wednesday (Today) in the 2100 block of Beaumont Avenue, southeast of Yale, when the driver of a semi missed a curve in the road causing the vehicle to rollover into a ditch.

The semi was hauling 750-pigs. Most of them survived, and exact number of the hogs that died was not immediately known, although early reports indicated as many was 223 of the animals perished in the crash. The unidentified driver of the semi was injured and transported to a hospital in Des Moines.

Authorities and others remained on the scene late Wednesday morning removing the animals and the wreckage. An investigation into the accident was underway, and additional details aren’t expected to be released until later.