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Authorities say a wrecker was stopped on the Eastex Freeway near Tidwell shortly before 3 a.m. because it was blocking cars from hitting an injured cow.
The cow had been hit earlier on the freeway by another driver who took off.
We're told the driver of a pickup truck then slammed into the back of the stopped wrecker.
Police say the truck driver and his passenger are a roadside assistance crew and were on their way to a job.
The truck driver had to be cut out of the vehicle.
He and his passenger were taken to the hospital.
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The wrecker driver was also loaded into an ambulance.
He was not seriously injured, but he was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
The cow died.
Police are now working to figure out how the cow ended up on the freeway.
Truck causes crashes on Eastex Freeway
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