Semi-trailer carrying $100K of pork breaks open after hitting bridge

A B.C. man faces a fineafter a semi-trailer full of frozen pork hit a Manitoba bridge on Thursday.

Just before 5 p.m., Blue Hills RCMP were sent to the Canadian Pacific bridge at Kemnay, about 13kilometres west of Brandon, Man., according to an RCMP news release.

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A B.C. man faces a fine after a semi-trailer full of frozen pork hit a Manitoba bridge on Thursday. Video courtesy: Liam Pattison

BrandonRCMP, fire crews and ManitobaInfrastructurewere also there, the release said.

When crews arrived, they found a 2016 Freightlinerwith the trailer jolted off the truck, and several boxes of frozen pork spread out on the road.

Police estimatedthe product was worth more than $100,000.

A 35-year-old man from Surrey, B.C.was charged with disobeying a traffic control device.RCMP said he'd ignored the sign with flashing lights that read"low bridge."The offence carries a fine of $203.