NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - About 10 cows crossed a pasture area in Northwest Miami-Dade and made their way onto the Florida Turnpike Extension, blocking traffic until troopers removed them, Friday afternoon.
The animals somehow got loose and crossed into the roadway, near Interstate 75. 7Skyforce HD hovered above the animals as a Florida Highway Patrol trooper directed them away from the highway and back to the farm from which they came.
Driver Steven Zabielinsky sent in a photo of the cows next to the guardrail along the Turnpike Extension. The snapshot shows how close they got to drivers commuting through rush hour traffic.
Speaking on the phone with 7News, Zabielinsky said he was heading north on the highway when he spotted the animals.
“I was coming down from Doral, the traffic was building up, and I figured it must be an accident, and what a day to have an accident,” said Zabielinsky. “Then, as I kept going north and went around the turn and started heading east, I happened to notice there’s some cows walking along on the highway’s side.”
It was at that moment that, Zabielinsky said, one of the cows appeared to head in his direction but ended up staying with the rest. “One of them looked like it was thinking about crossing in front of me, but they stayed there. They basically kept walking, and there were some that were on the actual grass area, and they’re just strolling along.”
Zabielinsky said the sight caused other motorists to slow down, but the animals did not cause any accidents.
The cows were wrangled up and taken back home. None of them got hurt.
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