Loose Cattle Cause Multiple Interstate Accidents

The driver of a produce truck that flipped over on Interstate 40 after striking loose cattle near Shawnee Thursday remained hospitalized but was upgraded to fair condition Friday night. A truck hauling 120 head of cattle westbound overturned early Thursday morning at McLoud Road, resulting in cattle running loose and causing several subsequent accidents, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. State troopers shut down the highway for part of the morning commute. A 1997 Freightliner driven by Frankie Burton, 55, Oklahoma City, was eastbound when Burton swerved right in an attempt to avoid a cow in the road, the OHP reported, which caused the tractor-trailer rig to roll over onto its side.