In this Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, photo, emergency crews look at an overturned tractor-trailer carrying cattle east of Boise, Idaho. Authorities in southwest Idaho say more about 33 cattle died after a tractor-trailer flipped onto its side.BOISE, Idaho – Authorities in southwest Idaho say 33 cattle worth about $30,000 died after a tractor-trailer flipped onto its side.
The Ada County Sheriff’s Office initially said more than 100 cattle died in the Monday afternoon crash east of Boise but revised the number down Tuesday.
Emergency crews reached a 57-year-old passenger by cutting through the wreckage. He and the 60-year-old driver were treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Authorities say the driver appeared to be going too fast around a curve, but no citations had been issued by Tuesday afternoon.
Sam Preisler of Silver Butte Holsteins, a dairy operation, said the company was shipping 120 Holstein steers about 5 months old and each weighing about 400 pounds to a feedlot in Texas where they would put on weight for another year. The tractor-trailer was operated by a contractor.