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A64 disruption
10:11am Thursday 22nd May 2008
AN escaped animal has caused delays for hundreds of commuters on the A64 this morning.
A bullock escaped from a paddock near to Grimston Bar and made its way onto the westbound carriageway, causing huge problems for drivers swerving to avoid hitting it.
The animal was eventually in collision at 9.55am with a vehicle and suffered minor injuries as a result.
Police closed the westbound carriageway and eventually shot the beast dead to protect the public. For dramatic pictures and full report see The Press tomorrow.
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cjt, York says...
12:18pm Thu 22 May 08
po, york says...
12:57pm Thu 22 May 08
cjt wrote:Whilst trying to avoid moooo-ving vehicles
Gore blimey. Maybe it was trying to co-moo-te to leeds
JJ9494, york says...
1:03pm Thu 22 May 08
babycham, ye olde yorkshire says...
1:38pm Thu 22 May 08
Brian, york says...
1:42pm Thu 22 May 08
redraw1979, York says...
6:46pm Thu 22 May 08
Guy Fawkes, Bootham says...
8:48pm Thu 22 May 08
Cant believe the police shot it! Was there any need for that.
Might have been for target practice: but there again, people who put their bins out too early are smaller and move faster than a bullock on a dual carriageway, and so would be rather more difficult to hit.
Joking aside, when I lived in Devon a minibus full of tourists hit a cow on the B-road across Dartmoor in fog. Three were killed and all the rest suffered injuries of varying severity. In this case the police did the right thing, shot it and got the road open again with minimal delay. At least they didn't close the road for eight hours while they carried out a health and safety risk assessment.
ranger21, big gaff near york says...
9:15pm Thu 22 May 08
Jonny Carruthers, York says...
10:53pm Thu 22 May 08
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dodgydave, york says...
10:16am Fri 23 May 08
On a lighter note, who has wanted to see the 'dramatic pictures'? It's amazing they have them when a bull is shot, but not when that poor kid in Hull got shot, or John Charles Menendez? Pigs shooting cows? whatever next?
anonymous, york says...
10:55am Fri 23 May 08
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