Truck hauling trailer with 106 newborn calves crashes down steep embankment, overturns in creek, killing some

More than 60 calves rescued from Pa. crash after pickup truck goes down embankment

SHAMOKIN DAM — It was far from a normal vehicle accident rescue operation for firefighters in northern Snyder County early Tuesday morning.

Truck hauling trailer with 106 newborn calves crashes down steep embankment, overturns in creek, killing some

The Shamokin Dam Fire Company said crews were able to save about 3/4 of the 106 calves that were in the cattle trailer at the time of the crash.

Dozens of calves rescued from overturned trailer after truck crash in central Pennsylvania - Farm and Dairy

A truck hauling a trailerload of newborn calves crashed into a creek in central Pennsylvania early Sept. 23, according to Shamokin Dam Fire Company. Many of the calves were rescued from the toppled trailer by being carried one by one up a steep embankment by first responders and farm workers, the fire department detailed in a Facebook post. Shamokin Dam Fire Company responded to a call around 2 a.m. Tuesday and found a truck and livestock traile…