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Premium Content Subscriber only Animal activists have slammed the handling of an incident in Laidley where cattle fell out the back of a stock truck. On Wednesday, May 19, cattle in the rear of a livestock truck leaving the Laidley saleyards fell out and onto the road. Police were tasked to the scene where eight were euthanised. But Animal Liberation Queensland, via its Facebook page, claims some cattle were “shot up to five times before they died”. Acting Laidley officer in charge Senior Sergeant Al Dixon said the appropriate steps were taken to ensure the eight cattle were destroy...

Water. >> we're driving along. we see the vehicles stopped. we pull up behind them. and i see that some water is running across the road. and i got out of the car, and we filmed a little bit of footage. >> also stuck in traffic is tech sergeant adam dixon and a group of airmen from the 820th red horse squadron stationed at nellis air force base. >> i didn't really think it was going to be much of a big deal. the water was just kind of flowing. it was coming at us, but the water was raising really, really slow. >> i think we were all thinking, as soon as that stops, then we can be on our way. >...

Including sergeant james maxwell. >> i noticed that sergeant dixon was on the driver's side trying to pull her out that way but the water was already hitting the door wupushing the door closed. >> the water was getting higher and higher quickly and i felt the pressure of the door getting more and more. >> i ran around to the driver's side of the vehicle and pried it open. >> i felt the weight of the door coming off my back. i didn't know who it was but i knew somebody grabbed that door and was helping. >> while the airmen try to free the trapped woman, mercury is bearing down on them. >> get o...