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Cow dies after being struck by cars on Auckland motorway

October 13, 2022
Scene of accident involving a cow on Auckland's Northern Motorway.

Scene of accident involving a cow on Auckland's Northern Motorway. (Source: Supplied)

A cow has died after being struck by cars on a busy Auckland motorway this morning.

Police said the crash happened around 5:30am on the Northern Motorway.

Three cars were involved in the crash which saw the cow struck and killed.

No one else was injured in the crash.

Waka Kotahi said the crash blocked both northbound lanes in the Dairy Flat area between Albany and Silverdale at the time of the crash.

The lanes have since reopened.

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