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According to a report by the Parmer County Sheriff’s Office, on Monday, January 14th at approximately 9:30 p.m. a Ruan milk transport truck was traveling west on State Highway 86 after loading product from some of the nearby dairies. The driver apparently encountered a number of cattle on the roadway approximately 2.5 miles east of Hub on SH 86. The truck hit some cattle causing it to swerve to the right and crash onto its side flipping over and rupturing the tank. Just under 8,000 gallons of milk was dumped onto the roadway and into the ditch. A total of ten head of cattle were hit and killed. A short time later, a white SUV with four occupants came upon the scene. It was believed that the SUV hit one of the dead animals causing the vehicle to flip and crash near the transport truck.

According to Sheriff Randy Geries, no one was seriously injured and all parties refused medical treatment. TxDOT was called and they had to pour sand on about 100 yards of roadway since the milk coated the road and caused it to be slick. TxDOT was also going to bring in equipment to try to clean up the spill due to spoilage of the raw milk. The owner of the cattle was located and it was noted that the animals had never been out at this location prior to this event. It is still unknown as to the cause of the animals being out on the roadway that night.

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