Troopers Beef With Escaped Cattle Friday Morning: ISP

Elmhurst IL

17 September, 2021

3:56 PM

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ELMHURST, IL — Illinois State Police helped wrangle several stray calves that fell out of a semi-trailer eastbound on Interstate 290, ISP said in a social media post. Police said the calves escaped at around 2 a.m. Friday when a hatch on the trailer came loose near North Avenue. Illinois Department of Transportation and ISP officers helped find the calves on either side of I-290 and return them to the trailer. A few calves appeared to have minor injuries, officials said. Lanes were closed intermittently to allow officers to walk back and forth with the calves, but were reopened by 3:30 a.m. so traffic could get moo-ving again.