Forty cows escape Los Angeles slaughterhouse, injuring four members of a family
- The cows ran loose on the streets after a gate at a meatpacking facility was left open, police said
- A policeman shot and killed the cow that charged the family, who were taken to hospital for treatment
Forty cows escaped a slaughterhouse and ended up in a Los Angeles suburb where one was killed after charging a family, authorities said on Wednesday.
The cows ran loose on the streets of Pico Rivera on Tuesday evening after a gate at a meat packing facility was accidentally left open, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.
The herd made its way to a neighbourhood about a mile away and one cow charged at four members of a family, knocking them to the ground. They suffered minor injuries.
A policeman shot and killed the cow to protect the family from further injury, the sheriff’s department said. The family members were taken to a hospital for treatment.
Pico Rivera City Manager Steve Carmona said that at one point he had to jump on to a car to get out of the way of the herd.
“It was a pretty scary ordeal,” he said.
