Troopers chase pig across I-26 in Midlands viral video

CHAPIN, S.C. — Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol recently had a very different type of chase on a Midlands interstate that ended with one apprehended — and going to a good home.

On Friday, the agency addressed a now-viral video of two troopers chasing a small pig across multiple lanes of I-26 near Chapin. The video ends with the pig getting hauled off the side of the road to safety, where a Richland County Sheriff’s Department deputy assisted in getting the panicked animal under control.

In Friday’s update from the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, we finally got to hear from the two human stars of the video, Corporal Clifton Nelson and Trooper First Class Matthew Bullard…

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