By JAMES BELL
Hays Post
At around 7:20 a.m. Friday, emergency responders were dispatched to the 1500 block of Feedlot road after a semi transporting cattle overturned.
The semi came to rest on its side in the north ditch after leaving the roadway on the ice-covered road, according to Ellis County Undersheriff Scott Braun.
Weather conditions were cited as the cause of the accident.
The Kansas Highway Patrol worked the accident, with the assistance of the Ellis County Sherrif's Office and Ellis County Rural Fire Department.
Braun said a few cows died in the accident, but overall the load was safe.
The fire department unloaded the surviving cattle from the trailer and moved the animals to a holding pen. Arrangements were being made to move the cattle to another location.
The semi will remain in place until road conditions improve that will allow an operation to remove it.
No injuries were reported.