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Cattle truck rolls on Hwy. 281 near Oberon

The North Dakota Highway Patrol reported that a cattle truck rolled onto its side on Tuesday, March 13, three miles north of Oberon, N.D.

The driver, Chad Tichota, 39, of Norfolk, Neb., was driving a 2003 Peterbilt truck and pulling a cattle trailer hauling 67 animals. He was traveling south on U.S. Highway 281, coming from Rugby, when he apparently failed to negotiate a curve. The truck entered t...