100,000 live salmon spill out of overturned truck in Oregon — and most end up swimming away in creek A wildlife official said most of the fish "hit the water running." April 4, 2024, 4:42 PM EDT ...

Chinook salmon were once abundant in the North Yuba River in California’s Sierra Nevada. But since 1941, they’ve been kept out of the chilly, clear waters by the Englebright Dam .

A tanker truck overturned in Northeast Oregon on Friday and spilled over 100,000 live salmon — most of which landed in a nearby creek and lived to swim another day, officials said.