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News Jun 22, 2021
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Several cows broke free from a slaughterhouse and stampeded through Pico Rivera Tuesday evening, sending at least one person to a hospital.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported at about 8:35 p.m. that the cows were loose in the area of Beverly Road and Durfee Avenue, and advised the public to avoid the area.
“STEER CLEAR for a few more minutes please. We are in the process of mooo-ving the cows!,” read a tweet from the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department’s Pico Rivera Station.
The cows, which were believed to have broken free from a nearby meatpacking plant, eventually stampeded to a cul-de-sac on Friendship Avenue, trampling one person in the process, CBS2 reported.
The person was taken to a hospital in unknown condition.
Authorities barricaded the cows in the cul-de-sac and were attempting to corral them into a trailer as of about 9:25 p.m.
At least one cow was killed during the incident, though it was not immediately clear how.
