Thousands of young salmon survive Oregon truck crash by dropping into nearby creek
by Richard Luscombe from Environment | The Guardian on (#6KW0W)
Fish taxi' tanker crashed after driver lost control on sharp turn, leading to deaths of 26,000 smolts, but remaining fish survived
A creek in Oregon was inadvertently restocked with tens of thousands of young salmon when a tanker carrying the fish overturned and spilled its cargo.
State officials said more than 75% of the 102,000 Chinook salmon smolts that the tanker was transporting from a hatchery to the Imnaha river made it into Lookingglass Creek following the accident last Friday.
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