A transport lorry hit the guardrails and flipped over on a motorway, spilling hundreds of pigs onto the road in China.

In the clip, shot in Ji'an City in southern Jiangxi Province on March 27, a lorry transporting 586 pigs lies on its side on the motorway and pigs are running around, while a policeman standing in the middle of the road gives signs to drivers to slow down.

The lorry lost control and crashed into the guardrails when it sped down a slope and turned a corner, reports said.

After six-hour rescue, the lorry was dragged away from the motorway, the pigs were transported by other vehicles and the traffic returned to normal.

A transport lorry hit the guardrails and flipped over on a motorway, spilling hundreds of pigs onto the road in China.