WINGHAM , Ont. – Police say a driver is charged in a crash involving truckload of turkeys east of Wingham, Ont.
Provincial police say a transport truck carrying about 1,700 turkeys went off the road just before midnight on June 29th.
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They say the crash occurred shortly after the turkeys had been loaded on the truck at a nearby farm.
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Investigators say the driver only made it about 100 metres from the farm before the vehicle rolled into the ditch.
The driver, a 52-year-old man from Elmira, escaped injury but is charged with careless driving.
Police did not say what happened to the turkeys.
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