A tractor pulling a livestock trailer smashed into a retaining wall after driving off an embankment and crashing onto a highway below on Thursday afternoon.
The crash took place at about 3 p.m. in Waxahachie, Texas where U.S. Highway 287 crosses U.S. Highway 77. The livestock hauler was stopped perpendicular on 77, with the cab smashed into a retaining wall.
City officials told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth that the driver of the livestock hauler had a blowout and went into the median and over the embankment onto 77 below.
Tire tracks could be seen in the grass in the median, and repair crews were looking over a large section of damaged concrete on 77 that looked like where the truck had hit the ground before crashing into the wall.
The driver of the truck was hospitalized after the crash and is said to be in stable condition. There were no other injuries to people reported.
The driver was hauling 52 head of cattle, including 20 bulls and 32 calves. First responders built a temporary corral to move the cattle from the damaged truck to a new trailer.
City officials said a veterinarian is at the scene providing care to the animals that could not get out of the trailer. It’s not immediately clear how many cattle were killed or injured in the crash.
A hazmat team is at the scene cleaning up a fuel spill and officials expect it to take some time to remove the rest of the cattle and the damaged trailer. The intersection at 77/287 is closed, but 287 remains open to traffic.
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