Escaped bull blocks traffic, damages police car

He knew what was coming.... Police in Britain said a bull that escaped from a slaughterhouse managed to damage a police car and caused traffic backups before being recaptured. West Midlands Police said they were called to the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham

May 20, 2020Updated: May 20, 2020
News Channel NebraskaBy News Channel Nebraska

He knew what was coming....  Police in Britain said a bull that escaped from a slaughterhouse managed to damage a police car and caused traffic backups before being recaptured.

West Midlands Police said they were called to the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham, England, just before 8 a.m. Tuesday on a report of a loose animal.

Witnesses captured video of the bull causing traffic backups on a busy road.

"Response units were deployed to the scene and set up a cordon and closed the road. Officers worked with slaughterhouse staff to guide the bull back into a van before it was taken away. No-one was injured. One police car suffered minor damage,"  No word if the bull is now hamburger.

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