<p>Kitja Kongyot, the 35-year-old truck driver, said he was transporting 150 pigs from a pig farm in Suphan Buri province to a slaughterhouse in Prachinburi province when his front tyre exploded causing him to lose control.</p>

<p>The truck overturned and demolished a nearby bridge. Some 100 pigs were killed in the accident while the others were squealing in pain when police arrived at the scene.</p>

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<p>Witnesses said the truck was going very fast before the accident. Police are investigating,</p>

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Pigs die as lorry transporting them overturns

Pa Mok Police Station, Ang Thong province, was notified on November 19 that a truck transporting pigs had overturned and was blocking the traffic on the Suphan Buri - Pa Mok Road (Route 33).