Comment0ShareAdd Us On GoogleAdd as a preferred source on GoogleBREMOND, Texas (KWTX) - Early Friday morning, an 18-wheeler slammed on its breaks to avoid a herd of runaway cows, in turn causing a communitywide effort to drive the cattle back through town to their home.

According to a Facebook post from the Bremond Volunteer Fire Department, at around 5:45 a.m., the driver of the 18-wheeler noticed a herd of cattle in the road and slammed on the breaks to avoid hitting them.

Texas town becomes a cattle drive after 18-wheeler hits runaway herd(KWTX)Unfortunately, several cattle were hit and killed."The community rallied quickly," the post said, "using their vehicles to help herd the remaining cattle through town."Texas town becomes a cattle drive after 18-wheeler hits runaway herd(KWTX)Some cows were in backyards, residential gardens, or on railroad tracks.