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A truck carrying about 60 cattle crashed and rolled over on Kansas 96 at about 4 a.m., killing five cattle and loosing several others to roam around the highway. The driver was not hurt in the accident. Cowboys and animal control workers were sent in to gather the animals and put them into another truck. The road was closed while the scene was cleared, and reopened around noon. Authorities say that heavy rain was falling at the time of the accident.
Truck driver Gary Edmond Bessant was driving an 18-wheeler that was hauling coffee on Interstate 12 when his Chihuahua, that was in the passenger seat, distracted him. The truck ran ont the shoulder, Bessant overcorrected and the truck overturned on the highway. The dog died in the accident. Bessant was able to leave the cab on his own and was not hurt.
Early in the morning, two men in a Toyota pickup were struck by two men in a Ford pickup that were trying to avoid a deer. Adding further complications, the roads were wet and there was fog in the area. While both the men in the Toyota were killed, neither of the men in the Ford were injured.
Ann Grandbois was driving on Interstate 91 when she struck three bears who were walking in the roadway. Her car had moderate bumper damage on its passenger side, but Grandbois herself escaped unharmed.