UPDATE: Approximately 20 cattle killed following Trans-Canada Highway collision near Brooks
BROOKS, AB — Brooks RCMP were kept busy Friday morning responding to multiple collisions on the Trans-Canada Highway.
Officers were called to a collision involving three semis at 8:30 a.m. One of the semis were hauling bales, while the other two were an empty tanker and an empty cattle liner. One person was taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
While en route to the first collision, RCMP received reports of a second collision on the Highway at Range Road 150, near the JBS Meat Packing Plant. The collision saw a loaded cattle liner get hit by two semis. Three people were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Approximately 20 cattle were killed or had to be euthanized due to the collision. Several more cattle got loose and had to be rounded up.