Overturned Chicken Truck Causes Friday Morning Delays on Old Mill Road
An overturned truck carrying chickens on Old Mill Road in Pender County, NC, caused traffic delays on Friday morning. No human injuries were reported, and the cause of the incident is under investigation.
Wilmington, NC, October 23, 2026 —
An overturned truck carrying chickens caused traffic delays on Old Mill Road in Pender County, North Carolina, on Friday morning. No human injuries were reported. The cause of the incident is under investigation.
The available information does not specify the exact time of the overturn, how long traffic was delayed, or whether any lanes or sections of the road were closed. It also does not identify the truck’s driver, owner, or the agency investigating the incident. No details were provided about the number of chickens aboard or their condition.
The incident involved a vehicle transporting chickens, but further details about the circumstances of the overturn have not been provided. The cause remains under investigation, so no explanation for why the truck overturned has been established in the available account.
There is no information on when traffic returned to normal or whether the truck and its cargo had been removed from the roadway. Details about any response at the scene, including which agencies may have attended, were also not provided.
At this stage, the reported impact was traffic delays on Old Mill Road. No human injuries were reported, but the available information does not describe whether there were other effects or provide a timeline for updates. Further details about the investigation and the roadway impact were not included in the initial account.
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