01/11/2006: Cattle Truck Tipped Over
At 9:30, the MFD was paged to an incident where a cattle truck had tipped over. We responded with our rescue unit, an engine, and two support suburbans. Other agencies responding included the Miller Police Department, Hand County Sheriff, SD Highway Patrol, SD Carrier Enforcement, Hand County Ambulance, Hand County Emergency Management, Miller Street Department, and SD Dept. of Transportation.
The driver was uninjured and was able to get out of the truck on his own by kicking out the windshield. The truck carried 73 head of cattle. Only one cow was killed which is amazing. Two cows escaped and were caught about 30 minutes later.
Luckily, it was sale day at the sale barn here in Miller, so there were lots of trailers in town which were used to haul the cattle away after the accident.
Two wreckers were used to set the truck upright and the truck was able to drive off of the highway under its own power.
Total time on the incident scene was about 2.5 hours.
Here is a picture of the cleanup - yes, that stuff on the road is exactly what you think it is. Seventy-three cows can leave a lot of that stuff behind when they get that scared :-)
Pictures courtesy of Hand County Emergency Management.
