Cows stampede through quiet housing estate

This is the moment police were called to stop a herd of escaped cows rampaging through a quiet housing estate. The 15 heifers caused hundreds of pounds of damage during a 45 minute stampede trampling flowers, knocking over bins and denting cars.

One terrified resident was almost crushed by the herd as he tried to get out of his car. Paul Toon, 50, said: ''It was very scary. I heard a rumbling sound like thunder then suddenly a wall of black and white came charging past the house.

''They seemed almost organised. They went from one garden to the next ripping up flowers and even looking in the front windows. It was like something off the Cravendale milk advert.''



One resident said: ''The cows dented my new Audi which will cost hundreds to repair. They came out of nowhere. Luckily no one was hurt.''

The cows escaped just after 9am on Wednesday morning from a field near Nuneaton, Warks. They managed to cross the busy A5 road at rush hour and walk a further half-a-mile to the upmarket St Nicholas Park Estate.

Residents and police managed to herd the cows onto a grass patch before they were taken back to the farmer.