Cowboys called in to corral cattle after trailer overturns
Posted July 21, 2020 7:00 am
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Authorities called in cowboys to wrangle livestock after a trailer carrying 54 cattle overturned on Interstate 65 in downtown Indianapolis.
The truck and trailer traveling from Kentucky to Iowa crashed about 5 p.m. Monday, spilling its livestock, Battalion Chief Rita Reith of the Indianapolis Fire Department said.
The cowboys came with fencing to corral the cattle and trailers to transport them from the scene, Reith said.
Six cattle died and one escaped into a nearby neighborhood before being recaptured, she said.
The driver of the truck was hospitalized with minor injuries, she said.
This Monday, July 20, 2020 photo provided by the Indianapolis Fire Department shows an overturned cattle truck on Interstate 65 in downtown Indianapolis. Authorities called in cowboys to wrangle livestock after a trailer carrying 54 cattle overturned. Six cattle died and one escaped into a nearby neighborhood before being recaptured. The driver of the truck was hospitalized with minor injuries. (Indianapolis Fire Department via AP)
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