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Brendan McFadden

Dead chickens splattered over a M5 as revolting smell 'makes drivers sick'

It was a scene of chaos as hundreds of dead chickens splattered over a motorway after they fell from the back of a lorry.

The disturbing footage was caught on camera by passing motorists on the M5 yesterday - with some saying the "revolting smell" was so bad it "made them sick".

The road was closed so the carcasses could be cleared, causing long tailbacks on the busy stretch near Exeter, Devon.

Devon and Cornwall Police said about 200 carcasses came from a lorry that led to around four and a half miles of queuing traffic and delays of 45 minutes.

The incident resulted in the lane being closed (Video Contributor 17 /SWNS.COM)

Passenger Natasha Yates said: "The smell is revolting and we have been queued back from Taunton Dean services for over an hour."

The sight of carcasses and innards was so horrible that it caused one motorist to nearly vomit.

There were long tailbacks on the busy stretch of the M5 near Exeter, Devon (Video Contributor 17 /SWNS.COM)

The couple, on their home to Paignton from Nottingham, started filming as they approached - and were shocked by what they saw.

The driver, who asked not to be named, said: "The chickens were already dead. We don't want to upset anybody.

Devon and Cornwall Police said about 200 carcasses came from a lorry (Video Contributor 17 /SWNS.COM)

"It wasn't so much the smell that upset me. It was the sight of all the dead chickens and their innards and giblets all over the road in front of me that made me feel sick.

"They were everywhere. It was really horrible."

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