OXFORD: Traffic was at a standstill yesterday after a cow was hit by a lorry on the A34.

Police were called to the accident on the southbound carriageway between A44 Woodstock Road, the Peartree interchange, and A420 Botley Interchange at 1.47pm.

The dead cow was moved from the carriageway and the road was reopened by 2.14pm. No-one was injured.