15,000 crabs recovered after lorry tips in Inishowen field
BBC • • world
Key Points:
- Approximately 15,000 crabs worth around €60,000 were recovered after a truck carrying them tipped over in Inishowen, County Donegal.
- The crabs, destined for shops and restaurants in Portugal, spilled from aluminium containers following the crash near Carrickmaquigley in Redcastle.
- The road between Quigley's Point and Moville was closed for 18 hours during the recovery operation, which involved night lighting and a hydraulic crane.
- A salvage team worked overnight to recover the crabs, successfully saving an estimated 95% of the spilled cargo, which was then refrigerated and sent on to Portugal.
- The lorry driver was unharmed, and the recovery was described as an unusual
