Rampaging cow sparks traffic chaos after bolting on Georgia interstate and evading cop cars – before it is finally lassoed by a bystander and returned to its owner
- Drivers in the Atlanta area came face to face with a rampaging cow on Saturday
- The cow had fallen out of a livestock vehicle and began running along Interstate 285
- Police were able to safely capture the rogue animal, which has been returned to its owner
Drivers on the Interstate 285 this weekend might have been expecting traffic delays but few could have guessed that a cow would be the culprit.
Police in Dunwoody, Georgia responded to a traffic jam on Saturday morning caused by a loose cow that was rampaging along the highway.
The Dunwoody Police Department said in social media posts on Saturday that the cow had fallen out of a livestock trailer.
‘Chasing people is a norm for officers. However, chasing cows on the interstate… not so much,’ the department wrote on Facebook.
Police in Dunwoody, Georgia responded to a traffic jam on the Interstate 285 on Saturday morning caused by a loose cow that was rampaging along the highway
The Dunwoody Police Department said in social media posts on Saturday that the cow had fallen out of a livestock trailer
With the help of a bystander with a rope, officers were able to safely capture the cow and return it to its owner, it said.
The cow’s antics caused three lanes of the highway to be closed at one point but traffic returned to normal after about an hour, WSB TV reported.
Saturday’s incident wasn’t the first time a cow has caused traffic delays in the Atlanta area.
In 2018, authorities responded to cattle on the highway three times within a five-month period, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
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