Cows, newborn calf dead after N2 crash
The wreckages and dead cattle were obstructing the highway
Four cars collided with three cows on the N2 north near the Umgababa off ramp near Toti this evening at about 7.30pm.
Reports indicate that that the three cows were walking on the highway and were spaced over about two hundred metres.
Netcare 911 paramedics found one of the vehicles had overturned and rolled down the road, the wreckage coming to rest on its wheels.
The wreckages and dead cattle were obstructing the highway. One of the cows was pregnant and gave birth after she was hit by one of the vehicles. Both mother and calf died at the scene.
The occupants of the vehicles miraculously escaped uninjured, however the roadway will be obstructed for some time while the emergency services assist with the removal of the dead cattle from the highway.
On the 1st yesterday there was also cattle on the freeway, between Winkelspruit and Seadoone off ramp, metro cops were running behind them to get them of the freeway and down the off ramp at Seadoone, this is sad for motorist and animals
We were on the N2 South freeway yesterday and could not believe how many cattle were “allowed” to be on or beside the road, unattended. There were quite a few traffic officers with speed cameras along the road. Why don’t they patrol that road and make sure the owners of the cattle roaming the freeway are fined/warned or whatever? It is really an accident waiting to happen, and trauma to innocent people and innocent animals.