Runaway cow dodges police, halts traffic on State Highway 1
A cow escaped and eluded a police officer while disrupting southbound traffic on a major New Zealand highway.
A runaway cow brought southbound traffic on State Highway 1 to a standstill this morning after dodging a police officer attempting to wrangle it. The incident was captured on video by a motorist stuck in the traffic hold-up. The calm, elusive cow managed to evade the police effort to contain it.
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'Only in New Zealand': Runaway cow dodges cop, halts traffic on SH1
A runaway cow dodged a police officer and brought southbound traffic to a standstill on State Highway 1 this morning.
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Video shows cop trying and failing to wrangle cow on SH1
A motorist caught in a South Canterbury traffic halt was left laughing as police tried to wrangle a calm, dodging cow