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Driver taken to hospital after cattle truck overturns on Perthshire road

The overturned cattle float at Woodside, near Coupar Angus.
The overturned cattle float at Woodside, near Coupar Angus.

The driver of a cattle truck has been taken to hospital after the vehicle overturned on a road in Perthshire.

It is understood up to 40 cows were on board the vehicle, which crashed on the A94 at Woodside, near Coupar Angus, on Monday morning.

The crash happened shortly after 9am but emergency services remained at the scene for several hours to recover the cattle and the trailer.

‘Three or four police cars’

One resident who lives nearby said: “I was getting a bus from Coupar Angus and it had to take a different route home.

“I heard it was a cattle float and I was also told there was cattle on it so you can imagine what that’ll mean.”

Another resident on Main Road said: “There were plenty of police there, three or four cars coming from all directions.

“They’ve been here since around the back of eight this morning.

Several incidents at bridge

“You just hope it won’t take too long to clean up.

“The ambulance have been down there but I don’t know if there’s been any injuries.”

Stan Hardy, 70, also lives nearby. He said: “All I know is police car after police car have come down here.

“I suspect there have been about 15 accidents under that bridge in the last 20 years.”

The road where the crash happened, near Coupar Angus, has been closed.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We received a report of a lorry overturned on the A94 at Burrelton around 8.30am on Monday July 26.

“One man was taken to hospital and the road has since reopened.”

The fire service confirmed it sent two appliances to the scene.