A truck hauling a real-life reindeer in a trailer was involved in a wreck on a slick roadway in Nolan County Thursday.
The wreck happened on Interstate 20 about 11 miles east of Sweetwater in the westbound lanes.
The driver, Robert O’Neil, said he was crossing an overpass, when he hit a patch of ice, causing the back end of the truck to slide and hit the wall of the overpass.
No humans nor the reindeer, Dasher, were injured in the crash.
O’Neil said he was transporting the reindeer from Burleson to an event in Eunice, New Mexico on behalf of a business called Dasher and Friends, which provides live reindeer for holiday parties and other events. He was headed to a private booking with Incredible Events.
The Sweetwater Fire Department and a Department of Public Safety trooper responded to help change O’Neil’s tire after the wreck.
(Information from bigcountryhomepage.com)
