OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (Valley News Live) – A total of 11 cattle died after a truck carrying 37 cattle overturned.

According to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office, the accident occurred shortly after 9 p.m. on Tuesday, October 29. The driver overturned while attempting to turn westbound from County Highway 35 onto 360th Street.

Seven cattle died in the accident and another four were slaughtered at the scene of the accident. The surviving cattle were removed from the area by a private individual.

The driver, identified as a 27-year-old man from Wichita, Kansas, was not injured in the crash.

The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Dent Fire Department and the Vergas Fire Department.

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