Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Bull owner charged with manslaughter

A dairy farmer in Vermont is facing manslaughter charges because a driver died after crashing into his escaped bull on a highway.

The farmer was alerted to the bull being out on the highway, but apparently went back to sleep. The crash happened 15 minutes after a milk-truck driver, who recognized the bull running loose, awoke the farmer to alert him about the escape.


Farmers in the area are rallying to his defence, packing the courtroom to show support for the defence lawyer’s claim that a conviction will damage the state’s dairy industry.