Call it a “Cut of beef.”
An errant cow stopped traffic on Highway 1 Monday afternoon. North Vancouver RCMP officers were dispatched to the eastbound lanes near the Lonsdale exit for a “hazardous situation” around 2 p.m. “The complainant stated she saw a cow fall off a trailer and it was now blocking traffic,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman.
Drivers pulled over to help corral the bovine out of harm’s way. But by the time officers arrived, the situation was largely resolved.
“The owner had pulled over and lassoed the cow back in the trailer and drove off,” De Jong said.
With no more information to go on, police have since closed the file. “It looks like there’s no property damage. The cow wasn’t visibly injured and (the woman) didn’t get a plate number. The whole thing happened and we didn’t get a chance to speak to the owner,” he said. “We try to get traffic to moo-ve along.”
As to what happened with the cow, that too remains a mystery. “It’s probably off in some pasture somewhere – hopefully,” De Jong said.
