Cows and Bulls Escape Trailer, Trigger Chaos on Texas Freeway

Houston, now we have an issue!

A driver transporting cattle from the Houston Livestock Present and Rodeo misplaced greater than two dozen of their animals on I-45 North Freeway, leaving lanes closed for hours, Click on 2 Houston reported Monday, March 24.

Thirty-one cows and bulls had escaped and have been on the unfastened after a latch on the trailer they have been touring in opened, Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace (HCSO) advised the information station.

Not less than one cow was struck by a automobile through the incident, inflicting the automobile to develop into overturned, Click on 2 Houston and ABC 13 reported.

The weird state of affairs prompted many to share messages on social media. 

Simply after 11 a.m. native time, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez tweeted that HCSO’s Livestock Unit had been dispatched and responded to the North Freeway with Precinct 4 deputies additionally aiding.

“Free cattle have been on the principle lanes; 3 have been caught however as many as 30 should be working unfastened within the space,” he added.

The footage confirmed two black cows and one brown cow trotting collectively on the freeway as a driver and their passenger rolled down the window to movie. “Aww, poor infants,” a lady stated, referring to the misplaced livestock.

A photographer with ABC 13 additionally shared a photograph of 1 officer doing her finest to wrangle a bull in the midst of visitors. 

A reporter with the outlet used the information station’s visitors cameras to get a greater have a look at the motion in real-time for viewers, which confirmed a number of officers trying to make use of their automobiles as roadblocks to barricade one cow in. 

Nevertheless, the livestock merely maneuvered between the automobiles and stored going. 

“Now the cow’s going off once more,” the reporter stated, watching because the animal ran away from authorities.

Visitors collected in the wrong way as drivers tried to get a glimpse of what was occurring. 

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“It’s inflicting a visitors mess,” an anchor with Fox 26 stated stay on air as footage performed. 

At 2:19 P.M. native time, Gonzalez tweeted, “All cattle are accounted for and secured.”