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Police said the chicken parts, which were being transported for waste processing, were cleaned up by Agri-Cycle.
Dan Bell, general manager of Agri-Cycle, said the incident marked the first time one of the company's trucks caused a spill. He said the driver eventually realized what was happening and contacted police and company officials, who sent a second truck and more employees to shovel the chicken parts off the road.
Most of the waste was cleared from the roadway by 7 a.m. and the piles of waste made by the employees cleaning up the mess were cleared by 9:30 a.m.
A Portland city street sweeper made several passes on the road after the chicken was cleared in an attempt to alleviate the foul odor.
"We will continue to monitor this with public works to make sure if smells develop we address this immediately," Bell told the Portland Press-Herald.