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Cows roam Kansas City highway after trailer plunged off overpass

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Cows roam Kansas City highway after trailer plunged off overpass. (2026, October 18). CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kansas-city-missouri-cows-overturned-trailer/

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A semitractor-trailer carrying about 120 to 130 cows plunged off a highway overpass in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, around 3 a.m. on Sunday, resulting in the deaths of between 45 and 60 cattle. The accident led to road closures and required a search for the surviving animals that continued into the afternoon; some cows walked several miles before being captured. Two drivers involved sustained minor injuries. Authorities used drones and horseback riders to track and round up the escaped cattle, causing additional traffic disruptions but no major delays for an NFL game happening in the city that day.

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Dozens of cattle spilled onto a street in Kansas City, Missouri, when a semitractor-trailer plunged off a highway overpass and onto a car early Sunday morning, shutting down some roads. The accident occurred shortly before 3 a.m., resulting in the death of between 45 to 60 out of 120 to 130 cattle carried by the truck. Kansas City Police Sgt. Phil DiMartino stated that all surviving cows had been accounted for by Sunday afternoon. The driver of the truck and another vehicle involved sustained minor injuries. Dozens of other cows fled the crash scene, leading to additional crashes and calls to police from concerned citizens.

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Kansas City Missouri National Football League the Kansas City Chiefs the Los Angeles Chargers

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Kansas City GPE · 3× DiMartino PERSON · 1× Hopkins PERSON · 1× Michael Hopkins PERSON · 1× Missouri GPE · 1× National Football League ORG · 1× Phil DiMartino PERSON · 1× the Kansas City Chiefs ORG · 1× the Los Angeles Chargers ORG · 1×

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Dozens of cattle spilled onto a street in Kansas City, Missouri, when a semitractor-trailer plunged off a highway overpass in the city's downtown area and onto a car early Sunday, shutting down some roads and setting off a search for the traumatized animals that survived.

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2026-10-18 · CBS News

Cows roam Kansas City highway after trailer plunged off overpass · assertive framing

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that → spill → animals

The accident occurred shortly before 3 a.m. and the roundup of surviving cattle continued into the early afternoon, authorities said. asserted

authorities → occur → afternoon

The driver of the truck and the driver of a vehicle the truck landed on sustained minor injuries and were treated at local hospitals, they said. asserted

they → land → hospitals

Kansas City Police Sgt. Phil DiMartino said that between 45 and 60 of the 120 to 130 cattle carried by the truck were killed when the tractor-trailer overturned and fell from the westbound I-70 curve over SB I-35. asserted

trailer → say → I-35

Dozens of other cows fled the crash scene, resulting in other crashes and more calls to the police from the public, he said. "It is believed all cows have now been accounted for," DiMartino said in an updated press release Sunday afternoon. asserted

DiMartino → flee → release

The accident occurred on a day when the Kansas City Chiefs were hosting the Los Angeles Chargers in a National Football League game. asserted

Chiefs → occur → game

Major disruptions in game traffic were not anticipated by authorities because of the wide publicity that the accident had received. asserted

accident → anticipate → that

Some of the cattle had walked several miles before they were captured, said Kansas City Fire Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins. asserted

Hopkins → walk → miles

"It was a pretty nasty accident," Hopkins said. asserted

Hopkins → say → ?

Immediately after the accident, city authorities launched drones to track the cattle before a private company working together with the trucking company arrived with workers on horseback to round up the cattle, he said. asserted

he → launch → cattle

"More difficult has been getting the animals who did not survive," he added. asserted

he → get → animals