A cow has been killed after a trailer transporting cattle on the back of a tractor overturned in Crieff on Saturday.
Emergency services were called to Burrell Street in the Perthshire town shortly after 3pm following reports of a crash involving a tractor and a trailer.
The street was closed to traffic and pedestrians for around two hours while police and fire crews responded to the incident.
Police have now confirmed a cow was killed in the incident.
Freddy Findlay, from Perth, was driving through Crieff when the incident occurred.
He said: “I saw the aftermath of it.
“You could see the cattle moving around inside the trailer.
“There was a vet there as well.
“Police closed all the nearby roads as they moved the cattle from one trailer into another.
“They asked people to leave the area in case a cow escaped and someone got hurt.
“The driver seemed to be okay – there were no ambulances there.”
Another eye-witnesses reported seeing multiple emergency vehicles at the scene.
They added: “Poor cows that were in the trailer – not a pretty sight.”
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 3.10pm on Saturday, officers were called to a report of a single vehicle crash involving a tractor and a trailer carrying livestock on Burrell Square, Crieff.
“One cow was killed in the incident. The road was cleared around 5.20pm.
“The driver will be reported to the Procurator Fiscal in due course and further enquiries remain ongoing.”
A spokesman for Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “We received a report from Police Scotland at 3pm that a trailer on the back of a tractor had overturned in Burrell Street, Crieff.
“We sent three appliances and a heavy lifting unit from Perth, Auchterarder and Comrie.
“SFRS made the scene safe and we left at 4.45pm.”
