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Troopers Beef With Escaped Cattle Friday Morning: ISP

The steaks were high early Friday morning as Illinois State Police helped round up several calves that got out of a semi-trailer on I-290.

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A few of the cows suffered minor injuries but none were seriously harmed, a spokeswoman said.
A few of the cows suffered minor injuries but none were seriously harmed, a spokeswoman said. (Illinois State Police)

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.

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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.

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