Car overturns after hitting cow from lost load of cattle on I-45 near Spring, HCSO says

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A loose herd of cattle has tied up freeway traffic along I-45 near Spring Stuebner, with dozens of cows eluding capture for hours.

The cows got just loose before noon on Monday. A caller reported seeing eight cows running through traffic. Later, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said three cows were caught and there could be as many as 30 cows on the loose.

Video from an ABC13 photographer on the freeway shows cows running in between traffic as officers try to capture them.

Deputies shut down I-45 mainlanes at Spring Stuebner while they tried to get the animals safely off the road. In an afternoon update, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said two northbound lanes have been reopened for traffic.

At about 1 p.m., HCSO reported that one cow had been hit by a vehicle, which had overturned.

It’s not clear where the cattle came from. SkyEye spotted at least one cow evading capture in a wooded area just west of I-45.

Then, at about 12:30 p.m., another cow was running on the mainlanes again, bringing freeway traffic to a stop for safety.

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