Crime & Safety
Cattle Truck Flips On I-84 In Eastern Oregon: Police
Truck driver Shannon Dwinell died in the crash, along with several cows, police said. Other cows escaped and began wandering the freeway.
NORTH POWDER, OR — A semi-truck transporting cattle on Interstate-84 Tuesday crashed into a guardrail and flipped, killing the truck driver and several cows, according to Oregon State Police.
Shannon Dwinell, 46, of Great Bend, Kansas, was traveling west on I-84 when, for unknown reasons, he veered off the highway, hit the guardrail and overturned, OSP officials said in a statement.
The crash reportedly occurred about two miles west of North Powder, near milepost 284, in the southernmost part of Union County.
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Dwinell and five of the 28 cows he was transporting were killed in the crash.
Several cows reportedly survived but then got loose on the interstate.
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This post has been updated from its original version to include the driver's identity.
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