74 COWS DEAD AFTER 210 CRASH.Byline: Daily News staff and wire reports SYLMAR - Animal control officers had to kill a number of injured cows early Saturday after a big rig Big Rig was a punk band from the San Francisco Bay Area fronted by singer/songwriter Jesse Michaels. Michaels performed with the group after the break up of his previous project, Operation Ivy, and before forming the band Common Rider. transporting 142 of the bovines overturned on the Foothill Freeway and the cab burned. The truck driver, a 32-year-old Arizona man, suffered cuts and scrapes to his left knee and hand and was listed in good condition at Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, said Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman Brian Humphrey. But 74 cows died in the accident or were so severely injured they had to be destroyed, said Lt. Robert Pena of the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Department of Animal Regulation's East Valley Animal Care Center. The accident happened about 2:45 a.m. on the westbound Foothill Freeway at the junction with the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. , said California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officer Garry Goldenberg. The driver was en route from Arizona to an undisclosed destination when he lost control of the double-decker rig, which overturned on the freeway and started to burn. Firefighters doused the burning cab and returned later in the morning to cut into the sealed trailer and rescue the surviving cattle, Humphrey said. "Most of the animals were in shock," Pena said. "Some of the cows were pinned under dead cows. When we freed them, some went into a state of panic, but we got them under control." Pena said that 68 living cows were brought to the West Valley Animal Care Center in Chatsworth, where some of them were treated for injuries. The surviving animals will remain there until their owner collects them, he added. The dead cattle were taken to the Wildlife Waystation in the Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los , Pena said. "They'll be used to feed rescued wild animals WILD ANIMALS. Animals in a state of nature; animals ferae naturae. Vide Animals; Ferae naturae. ," he said. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo Rescuers lead a cow out of an overturned big rig truck that crashed on the Foothill Freeway near the Golden State Freeway. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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