Overview
- The transporter tipped after moving onto the right shoulder to pass an oncoming car on the Suppingen–Machtolsheim link around 16:20.
- The 50-year-old driver was unhurt as firefighters freed the animals into a makeshift pen and veterinary staff assessed them.
- Sixteen injured pigs were euthanized and removed by a contracted company, while 67 survivors were sent to the Ulm slaughterhouse.
- Fire brigades from Laichingen, Suppingen, Berghülen and Ulm responded with 53 personnel and 15 vehicles, and a crane handled the recovery.
- Towing began around 21:30 with loading finished by 23:10, the road remained closed throughout, and police put damage at about €65,000.