Truck mows down flock of sheep, killing 110 animals
(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-06-30 14:57
A heavily laden cargo truck plowed through a flock of
sheep crossing a highway in China's remote western region, killing 110 animals
and closing a highway for eight hours.
A shepherd
was also seriously injured when the 50-ton truck loaded with coal ash
suffered brake failure and was unable to avoid smashing into the flock, which was
being taken to pasture, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
The truck eventually
ground to a halt because of the massive pile of sheep carcasses in front of the
vehicle, it said. It took police eight hours to clear the carcasses off the
road, it said.
The accident occurred Thursday in the far western Xinjiang
region's Yili district, it said.
The report said the shepherd was
hospitalized.
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