Cow Causes Traffic Jam For Hours After Bolting Onto Georgia Highway In The US
It took several officers and a rope to eventually round up the rampaging cow and surrender it to his owner before things returned to normal.
A cow wasn't messing about as it caused traffic chaos on Georgia interstate in the US that led to three lanes on 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.
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The Dunwoody Police Department said in social media posts on Saturday that the cow had fallen out of a livestock trailer.
"This morning, officers responded to a cow running on I-285 in Dunwoody. It was determined the cow fell out of a trailer and began running down the interstate. With the assistance of a citizen with a rope, Officers were able to safely capture the cow and get it back to it's owner," the department wrote on Twitter.
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This morning, officers responded to a cow running on I-285 in Dunwoody. It was determined the cow fell out of a trailer and began running down the interstate. With the assistance of a citizen with a rope, Officers were able to safely capture the cow and get it back to it's owner. pic.twitter.com/xWiZ0zi5lC
¡ª Dunwoody Police (@DunwoodyPolice) April 3, 2021
It took several officers to eventually round up the rampaging cow but after nearly an hour, things slowly began returning to normal, the report said.
And according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, this weekend wasn¡¯t the only time a bovine has held up Atlanta-area traffic.
¡°In 2018, there were three separate incidents of cattle ending up on highways within a five-month period,¡± the report cited.
¡°Traffic was moving a little. Cars were slowly getting by. Then all the sudden this cow comes running around the corner with a gentleman chasing him,¡± local driver Michael Gerbrick tells AJC of this most recent incident. ¡°I was surprised when I saw it, but I guess it is Atlanta.¡±
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