A truck carrying 400 goats used to clear brush from Bay Area hillsides turned over on a Milpitas-to-Mill-Valley run Friday morning, killing more than 240 animals.
The 32-foot truck, from Orinda-based Goats R Us, turned over in San Rafael, when the driver pulled off the freeway to get a cup of coffee, according to San Rafael police spokeswoman Margo Rohrbacher.
San Rafael police Sgt. Mike Vergara said the truck, which was heading to the Golden Gate Theological Seminary, may have been going too fast when it tipped over while making a left turn.
"Our main concern is the remaining goats," Vergara said, adding several of the animals escaped the truck after the accident.
Officials from the Marin Humane Society, San Rafael Police Department and San Rafael Fire Department responded to the 8:45 a.m. accident in San Rafael's Canal area to save as many of the remaining goats as possible.
About 20 goats were found grazing in the nearby neighborhood and were herded up within a couple of hours.
Onlookers watched in horror as officials piled 243 dead animals on the roadside, most of them killed by suffocation. Workers dug through the wreckage of the overturned vehicle for more than an hour. The dead animals filled a dumpster.
Two injured goats were taken to the humane society shelter. The surviving goats were transported to their Mill Valley destination.
Neither the driver, Ed Gibson, nor a passenger was injured in the accident.
Officials from the Marin Humane Society, San Rafael Police Department and San Rafael Fire Department responded to the 8:45 a.m. accident in San Rafael's Canal area to save as many of the remaining goats as possible.
About 20 goats were found grazing in the nearby neighborhood and were herded up within a couple of hours.
Onlookers watched in horror as officials piled 243 dead animals on the roadside, most of them killed by suffocation. Workers dug through the wreckage of the overturned vehicle for more than an hour. The dead animals filled a dumpster.
Two injured goats were taken to the humane society shelter. The surviving goats we"
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