SEATTLE - Flowers and a card have been left at the site where the popular Rachel the pig stood at Seattle's Pike Place Market.
On Saturday, a taxi driver plowed into Rachel, a 550-pound, bronze piggy bank that has stood outside the market's famous fish-throwing stand since 1986.
The crash knocked the pig off her concrete base, which will have to be repaired. Market officials say it will probably take a few days. Rachel was also scratched up a bit.
A note next to a drawing of Rachel reads "Taking a sick day - will be back soon to help the market's seniors and kids. Th-oinks!"
The piggy bank collects $6,000 to $9,000 each year for social services.
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