CHAFFEE COUNTY – The Colorado State Patrol was cleaning up Tuesday morning after a tractor-trailer crashed, killing 30 cattle in the truck.
The accident occurred about 9 p.m. Monday on eastbound U.S. 50 when the driver of the tractor-trailer lost control on the snow-packed and icy highway, a State Patrol report said.
The 1998 Peterbilt truck, pulling 73 cattle behind it, rolled off the side of the highway and down an embankment.
The driver, 43-year-old Michael Haskett of Neosho Rapids, Kan., was not injured. He was cited for driving a vehicle improperly on a mountain highway, the report said.
The cattle that survived the crash were herded into a ski area parking lot for pickup. Haskett was taking the load to Kansas.
The highway was closed from 11:30 p.m. Monday to 6:15 a.m. Tuesday for cleanup.
