Posted on 09/14/2015 10:07:33 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
FALLING WATER, W.Va. — A tractor-trailer loaded with more than 100 head of cattle overturned on Interstate 81 Saturday morning, spilling its bovine cargo and blocking the southbound lanes for four hours, according to the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office.
The crash was reported at about 2 a.m. just south of the Potomac River where the tractor-trailer, loaded with 102 head of cattle, had wrecked, according to the news release from Deputy B.M. Humphrey. Cattle were "running everywhere" and a number of deputies were called in to control the situation, along with county animal control officers and state highway department personnel, the release said.
Fire and emergency medical personnel were also called in to tend to injured victims, but there were no major injuries, the release said.
The investigation was still ongoing, but the release said the tractor-trailer was heading north when it crossed the median and rolled over in the southbound lanes. The crash caused significant damage to the front of the cattle trailer, making it possible for many of the cattle to escape.
A number of cattle were also killed in the crash, the release said.
Maryland State Police said some of the cattle wandered into Maryland and a Berkeley County 911 dispatcher said at 3:45 p.m. that they were still receiving calls about cattle on the loose.
DANG!
Eat Moar chikkin.
ping
What were they wondering?
I’d say that it was “nappy time” for the driver.
Bye Bye CDL!
Local McDonalds can’t open because a shipment was delayed???
MOO...
[BANG]
MOOO!
Laughing. I first read it as “leaving bovine cargo wondering.” Wondering whether they still will be chopped into steaks? Lol.
Old trucker joke;
JB Hunt Trucking got a contract for cattle hauling.
A few months later a JB Bull Hauler is seen at a Truckstop, with the door of his trailer open, and the ramp down.
Other drivers begin to gather to watch the cows unloading themselves, wandering around, and disappearing into the woods.
Somebody asks the JB driver, who is sitting in the cab of his truck unconcerned, why he isn’t doing anything about the quickly exiting cows.
JB Driver says, “Hell, I ain’t worried about it. They ain’t going far.”
“What makes you so sure?” Asked the spectator.
“They don’t know where they’re going, I got the Bill of Lading!” replied the JB Driver.
:)
Nothing to see here. Moove along.
Avast, ye swabs! Stand by for more bovine humor (and, of course, Talk Like a Pirate Day this Saturday the 19th).
This same type of thing happened a few years ago in Argentina, and a crowd of people showed up with butchering tools.
I saw a cow whose all four legs were broken in a nighttime car crash. The sounds haunt me even today, especially as Jet-Skis make similar sounds. ‘Wish I’d had a gun, but a driver from Colorado slit its throat to put it out of its agony. :(
Lol!
Yeah, that was the major headline here, when it happened.
Bizarrely, about a week later, another semi hauling thousands of pounds of cow hides over turned near that area.
I suspect a bovine conspiracy of some sort.
[as far as I know, the cows who made it to the MD side are still ‘wondering’ around. Free State, indeed!] LOL
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
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