“Rogue” cows escaped an Interstate 95 crash and roamed into South Carolina neighborhoods, making for a unique roundup, officials said.
A photo shared online shows a cow near the edge of the pavement as crews got help from ranchers and veterinarians Feb. 13.
“In an unusual (sight), riders on horseback used lassos to catch some of the cows and place them in cattle trailers,” Colleton County Fire-Rescue wrote in a news release.
More than 35 cows were riding on a trailer when the semitruck that was pulling it crashed along I-95, a busy East Coast thoroughfare. The truck hit a southbound bridge and caught fire as its trailer plunged into a river, officials said.
Photos from rescuers show the mangled trailer landed in the water as crews scrambled to round up the loose animals , some of which ran into the woods, the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office wrote on Facebook.
“Firefighters and law enforcement discovered several cows in the river and on the banks,” officials wrote. “Some were injured.”