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Cattle killed when truck wrecks
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A semi tractor-trailer traveling west and laden with cattle, toppled over and slid across the eastbound lane on Interstate 40 in Sequoyah County Thursday injuring one person and killing 20 head of cattle.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) Trooper Danny Upton said he was called shortly after 2:30 a.m. He said when he arrived the driver, Debbe Reid, of Natchez, Miss., told him she hydroplaned because she was driving too fast.
Reid, 49, refused treatment at the scene while her passenger, William Hamilton, 36, of Mantee, Miss., was transported to Sequoyah Memorial Hospital in Sallisaw and transferred to Sparks Hospital in Fort Smith, Ark., with neck injuries and is listed in stable condition.
Upton said the semi tractor-trailer was traveling from Pontotoc, Miss., to Bartlesville to deliver 86 cattle to a ranch. Trent Stites, DVM, of Sallisaw said about 66 cattle were rescued and 20 died at the scene. Stites said he was called out about 3 a.m. to help care for the injured cattle and help get the live cattle loaded on another trailer.
Upton said when the semi tractor-trailer hydroplaned and Natchez lost control and the semi-tractor trailer left the eastbound lane and entered the center median for 695 feet. He said the semi tractor-trailer re-entered the road on the eastbound side and traveled 200 more feet. The vehicle overturned onto the driver’s side and slid an additional 180 feet on its side before coming to a stop, which blocked the eastbound outside lane, according to the OHP report.
Mike Smith with HazMat said he was called out at 3 a.m. because of the oil and gas leaking from the diesel tanks.
“After the wreckage is cleaned up I’ll assess the damage to the soil. What is contaminated I will have to dig up,” Smith said. “I could be here for a long time.”
Troopers Stan Roedenbeck and Shane Allen assisted Upton.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) Trooper Danny Upton said he was called shortly after 2:30 a.m. He said when he arrived the driver, Debbe Reid, of Natchez, Miss., told him she hydroplaned because she was driving too fast.
Reid, 49, refused treatment at the scene while her passenger, William Hamilton, 36, of Mantee, Miss., was transported to Sequoyah Memorial Hospital in Sallisaw and transferred to Sparks Hospital in Fort Smith, Ark., with neck injuries and is listed in stable condition.
Upton said the semi tractor-trailer was traveling from Pontotoc, Miss., to Bartlesville to deliver 86 cattle to a ranch. Trent Stites, DVM, of Sallisaw said about 66 cattle were rescued and 20 died at the scene. Stites said he was called out about 3 a.m. to help care for the injured cattle and help get the live cattle loaded on another trailer.
Upton said when the semi tractor-trailer hydroplaned and Natchez lost control and the semi-tractor trailer left the eastbound lane and entered the center median for 695 feet. He said the semi tractor-trailer re-entered the road on the eastbound side and traveled 200 more feet. The vehicle overturned onto the driver’s side and slid an additional 180 feet on its side before coming to a stop, which blocked the eastbound outside lane, according to the OHP report.
Mike Smith with HazMat said he was called out at 3 a.m. because of the oil and gas leaking from the diesel tanks.
“After the wreckage is cleaned up I’ll assess the damage to the soil. What is contaminated I will have to dig up,” Smith said. “I could be here for a long time.”
Troopers Stan Roedenbeck and Shane Allen assisted Upton.
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