This photo taken from video provided by WFMY News 2 shows turkeys scattered after a tractor-trailer overturned in Guilford, County, N.C., on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. According to the patrol, the tractor-trailer was carrying hundreds of turkeys, some of which were killed. Those which survived were loaded onto another truck. The patrol said 39-year-old Devin Edward Long suffered minor injuries and was taken to a Greensboro hospital for treatment of minor injuries. According to troopers, Long fell asleep at the wheel before the tractor-trailer overturned. ( WFMY News 2 via AP)

Some turkeys survived the holidays, but not their road trip

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – A tractor-trailer hauling hundreds of live turkeys overturned and caught fire Wednesday after troopers say the trucker fell asleep at the wheel.

The North Carolina Highway Patrol told local media outlets that the tractor-trailer went off the road before dawn in Guilford County.

The patrol said 39-year-old Devin Edward Long, who was treated for minor injuries at a Greensboro hospital, was charged with careless and reckless driving.

According to the patrol, some of the turkeys were killed. Others survived and were herded by a group of workers into another truck.

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