[Vision2020] Flying Cow Leaves Two Police Cars in Flames

[Tom Hansen]

>From WOAI-TV (San Antonio, Texas), 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11866943/

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Flying Cow Leaves Two Police Cars in Flames
WOAI-TV

A cow came flying out of its trailer, sent DPS and police scrambling, and
left two police cars going up in flames.Talk about a wild night near Seguin.


"It was almost hard to believe," said Detective Sergeant Maureen Watson. She
has been in law enforcement for 15 years, and says she "never had a day like
this. I mean the best way to characterize this it, is it's bizarre. It's
really really strange."

It's strange because it started out with a truck towing cattle, and ended in
fire. 

Watson told News 4 WOAI, "We believe the gate of the cattle trailer came
open, and the cow, for lack of a better phrase spilled out onto the
Interstate. It was pretty chaotic for a while."

Several cars hit some of the cows. One cow died. DPS troopers called for
backup. 

That's when one officer was nearly run down by a speeding truck, carrying
two illegal immigrants inside. 

Seguin Police were out looking for those illegal immigrants. They parked
their cars in the hot grass, burning two of them including that brand new
2006 Crown Victoria. Watson said, "Well, all of a sudden, another officer
who'd arrived on the scene, alerted the sergeant that there was a fire."

Everything inside was destroyed, including tens of thousands of dollars
worth of equipment designed for the patrol cars. 

"You start off with kind of a bizarre accident with these cows spilling onto
the interstate. That leads to other accidents, that leads to a car chase,
that leads to a foot chase," Watson recalls.

The two mexican immigrants, ages 21 and 23, are in custody for illegally
entering the country and evading arrest. Watson says they have replacement
cars for now, but hope the city council will vote to get new cars soon.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body thoroughly used
up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'"