Herd Of Escaped Cows Causes Huge Traffic Jam On US Highway, Video Goes Viral

A herd of cows wasn't messing about as they caused chaos on the Florida turnpike in the U.S., blocking traffic for miles near the Canoe Creek Service Plaza.?

The incident took place on Monday?in Osceola County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP).

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Herd of cows cause huge traffic jam in Florida?

The FHP said the cab of a livestock hauler caught fire on Monday morning on a northbound turnpike?near Saint Cloud in Osceola County. The 47-year-old driver pulled over as the semi-truck caught fire, and opened the trailer doors so the herd could escape the smoke and?flames.

The fire department was able to extinguish the fire, but not before the animals spread out along the highway.

Officers closed the turnpike in both directions as they tried to put the cows into vehicles, causing traffic delays for over three hours.?

The driver was not injured and remained at the scene, as per FHP. The cattle hauler, which troopers said was carrying about 70 cows before igniting, was towed from the scene.?

Northbound traffic was diverted to State Road 60, while southbound traffic was diverted to exit at mile marker 244, troopers said.

Herd of cows cause traffic chaos in the UK

Last year, a herd of cows running on a UK highway forced drivers to stop their cars.?

The incident, reportedly, happened at 5:30 am and the clip was captured by a man named Joe Clift in Kent, UK, who was on his way to his work.?Clift had said most of the?cows?were grown-ups but they were accompanied by little calves between them on the highway.? ?

Drivers on the A2 motorway near Dover were left confused after they witnessed a large drove of cows stampeding towards them.?The animals charged through the road and waved through the vehicles. They were taken off the road after the Kent police intervened.?Clift said the incident lasted for?barely a minute.

Earlier, a?cow caused traffic chaos on the Georgia interstate in the US that led to?three lanes of the highway?being?closed.?

While?people driving on the route might have expected traffic delays, they would never have imagined a cow being the reason for it.?Police in Dunwoody, Georgia, responded to a traffic jam on Saturday morning caused by a loose cow,?WSB TV reported.?

It took several officers to eventually round up the rampaging cow but after nearly an hour, things slowly began returning to normal.?

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