A bull got loose twice over the weekend in Southwest Fort Worth, but a collision with a small car resulted in its death, and injuries to the driver of the car, authorities said.
The crash happened shortly after midnight Monday on SW Loop 820, near the intersection with Hemphill Street, police said.
The man who drove the car was taken to a hospital, said Lara Kohl, MedStar spokeswoman. His medical condition was unavailable Monday.
The brown-and-white bull was successfully returned to its owner Saturday, said Fort Worth Police Sgt. S. Hawkins. But on Sunday, she added, it was spotted up on the loop.
"The first day it rammed a vehicle," she said. "Then here he was out there again, and this time he was on the freeway.
"He was all over the place."
People called police to report one of the longhorns had gotten loose at the Star-Telegram's south plant at the intersection of the loop and Hemphill Street.
The newspaper keeps three head of cattle at the plant, including Rusty the Longhorn, but they never got out, said Donnie LeGrand, a newspaper manager who handles Rusty.
LeGrand said a sheriff's deputy told him that the bull escaped from a flea market area east of the plant, but Sgt. Hawkins said she did not know where the bull began its frantic bolt to freedom
On Sunday, however, it was seen charging from Hemphill Street for about a mile to McCart Avenue, possibly further, and then back to Hemphill, according to police reports.
Several officers kept after the bull while others tried to keep traffic out of the area, Hawkins said.
"He wasn't cooperating," she said. "He was pretty ornery."
The animal lived for a short time after the crash, but it died at the scene. The owner was located again; a wrecker crew loaded it into the owner's truck, Hawkins said
Police did not give the owner a citation, Hawkins said.
"That's going to be a civil (court) issue between the owner and the man who was injured," Hawkins said.
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