Beef Cattle on a Chatham-Kent farm. (File photo by Simon Crouch) Beef Cattle on a Chatham-Kent farm. (File photo by Simon Crouch)
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Two cows killed in CK after wandering into traffic

One person was taken to the hospital as a precaution after a crash near Charing Cross early Thursday morning involving some stray cattle.

Police said they were called the scene on Eleventh Line near Horton Line at around 2 a.m. Thursday after a vehicle that was driving in that area hit and killed two cows.

Officers said the cows had wandered off with a herd of approximately 200 head of cattle that escaped their pen.

The damage to the vehicle was estimated at $8,000. The cattle were corralled after the owner of the cattle was located.

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