PEMBINA, N.D.-A Canadian semi driver was injured Tuesday afternoon after his truck and a cattle trailer it was hauling tipped on its side at the Interstate 29 exit ramp for Pembina.
Randy Northcott, 56, was treated at the scene for non-life threatening injuries, but seven of the 38 cattle he was transporting died during the rollover or were euthanized afterward, according to a news release from the North Dakota Highway Patrol.
The exit ramp was shut down for four hours after Northcott exited the interstate's southbound lanes and drove off the left side of the exit ramp. The release said Northcott tried to correct the semi but it tipped onto its left side.
The trailer was cut open to free the cattle, with area residents assisting officers in corralling the surviving animals.
Northcott, a resident of Wood Creek, Sask., was charged with care required, the release said.
