Pig rescued after escaping onto a Pennsylvania highway

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SAYING, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE SITTING HERE LIKE THIS? YOU KNOW, WAS THERE AN ACCIDENT? AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I SEE THE BROWN CARGO VAN, TWO CARS UP FROM ME, THE SIDE DOOR OPENS AND THE PIG BACKS OUT AND HE’S WALKING AROUND IN THE GRASS, AND IT’S NOT A SIGHT YOU SEE EVERY DAY. A PIG ON THE LOOSE IN LANCASTER COUNTY. THIS WAS ON ROUTE 23 AND ROUTE 30. WITNESSES TELL US THEY SAW A TRAILER DOOR COME OPEN, AND THE PIG THEN JUMPED OUT AND THE DRIVER JUST KEPT GOING. WOW. GOOD SAMARITANS WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE PIG OFF THE ROAD, BUT BY LURING HER WITH SOME SNACKS THEY HAD ON HAND UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED, THE PIG IS NOW IN THE CAR OF THE LANCASTER. THE CARE, I SHOULD SAY,

CUTE VIDEO: Pig escapes onto a Pennsylvania highway, rescued by good Samaritans

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Updated: 3:17 PM MST Jan 9, 2026

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A pig unexpectedly escaped from a moving vehicle on Route 23 and Route 30 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, prompting good Samaritans to intervene and keep it safe until police arrived.”I’m sort of like, daydreaming, saying, you know, why are we sitting here like this? You know, was there an accident? And then all of a sudden, I see the brown cargo van, two cars up from me. The side door opens, and the pig backs out, and he’s walking around in the grass,” a witness said. Witnesses reported seeing a trailer door open, allowing the pig to jump out, while the driver continued without stopping.Good Samaritans used snacks to lure the pig away from the road.The pig is now under the care of the Lancaster Farm Sanctuary. Lancaster County is located in South Central Pennsylvania.See more video of the pig below

A pig unexpectedly escaped from a moving vehicle on Route 23 and Route 30 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, prompting good Samaritans to intervene and keep it safe until police arrived.

“I’m sort of like, daydreaming, saying, you know, why are we sitting here like this? You know, was there an accident? And then all of a sudden, I see the brown cargo van, two cars up from me. The side door opens, and the pig backs out, and he’s walking around in the grass,” a witness said.

Witnesses reported seeing a trailer door open, allowing the pig to jump out, while the driver continued without stopping.

Good Samaritans used snacks to lure the pig away from the road.

The pig is now under the care of the Lancaster Farm Sanctuary.

Lancaster County is located in South Central Pennsylvania.

See more video of the pig below



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