On Wednesday afternoon, a truck transporting 59 cows along Provincial Route 41, near Mercedes, suffered a serious accident when he collided with the safety barrier of a bridge that crosses the Luján River.
(Read more: The crossroads of the family that lives with 29 cows in Bogotá: ‘We are not going to give them away’).
The vehicle fell into the water along with its full load, creating a chaotic situation that quickly spread through social networks through videos of the incident.
Loré also reported that “the truck driver is fine, he left under his own power” and that “SAME moved him and checked him, he has a blow to the arm, but in general he is fine.”
(Continue reading: Family lives with 29 cows inside their house in Bogotá: authorities monitor the situation).
What followed the accident was an act of what many consider a lack of humanity and respect for animals. A crowd of local residents came to the scene. of the accident armed with knives and towels.
The videos that circulated on social networks show shocking scenes of the crowd getting into the river, taking baby cows out of the water and cutting them into pieces.
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This act has generated strong rejection in the community and on social networks, in which the ethics and legality of slaughtering animals in these conditions are questioned.
Train runs over truck with cows and neighbors slaughter them on the spot
The incident occurred in the town of Pinto, located 235 kilometers from the capital of Santiago del Estero, where the driver of the truck transporting cattle claimed not to have seen the approaching freight train. After the accident, some animals managed to escape, but most were trapped.
(You can see: Video: Firefighters rescue a cow that fell into a water canal in Suba).
In a matter of minutes, several neighbors, armed with knives they brought from their homes, began butchering the animals, some of which were trapped between the iron and wood of the cage that transported them. Dozens of other residents of the area arrived quickly and they carried the pieces of meat in bags, boxes or on their shoulders.
Anyone who passed by and stopped without knowing what was happening would find men completely covered in blood, with knives in their hands, and others running with pieces of meat towards their homes.
Antonio Eduardo Corrado, a 44-year-old man from Jujuy and driver of the livestock truck, was hospitalized, but was able to tell the police his version: “I never saw the train, I didn’t see it, and when I did it was already on the tracks.”
The train was transporting soybeans and both drivers, the truck driver and the locomotive driver, were taken to the hospital as a preventive measure. The actions were carried out by Police Station 17 of Pinto, and Dr. Cecilia Rimini He ordered that the corresponding tests be carried out.
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