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Cow Caught Weeks After Livestock Truck Overturns On Busy Atlanta Highway

October 16th, 2018

On Oct. 1, news outlets reported that 89 cows, similar to these, initially escaped when a tractor-trailer wrecked before dawn on a cloverleaf linking Interstate 75 with Interstate 285. One of the runaway cows was found Monday.

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Officials say a cow that hoofed it for two weeks on the lam after a livestock truck overturned on a busy interstate junction north of Atlanta has been caught.

Well this is interesting. Remember the cow situation on 285 & 75 a couple of weeks ago? Well, there’s still one out there. Crews are working to get the cow out of harms way now. @GADeptofTrans pic.twitter.com/x62TF4fHJg

— Georgia DOT ATL (@GDOTATL) October 15, 2018

News outlets report 89 cows initially escaped when the tractor-trailer wrecked before dawn on Oct. 1 on a cloverleaf linking Interstate 75 with Interstate 285. Eleven cows died in the crash.

The Georgia Department of Transportation’s metro Atlanta district tweeted a photo of the runaway cow standing in some woods Monday morning. Department spokeswoman Natalie Dale says it was safely captured by the afternoon.

Officials had said they called in real cowboys to round up the escaped cattle Oct. 1, closing some roads as police dealt with four wrecks caused by the wandering animals. No one was hurt in those accidents.