STUART, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Martin County residents may have encountered an unusual roadblock on Tuesday as deputies helped a large herd of cows cross the road. <\/p>\n
According to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO), its agricultural unit helped local ranchers with a cattle crossing along Pratt Whitney Road. The goal was to ensure the safety of the herd and the drivers who were also on the roadway. <\/p>\n
See also: 20-year-old arrested for fiery Delray Beach crash that killed four Ohio residents<\/a><\/p>\n A video from the sheriff’s office shows a herd of cows crossing the Pratt Whitney Road. A deputy is seen blocking the road, preventing oncoming traffic as the cows cross the road to get to the other side. <\/p>\n The sheriff\u2019s office says agriculture runs deep in Martin County\u2019s roots, and deputies will continue to support the hardworking men and women who keep the tradition alive.<\/p>\n Find more ways to stay up to date with your latest local news. Sign up for our newsletter<\/a> to get the day’s top headlines delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe to our YouTube channel <\/a>for the biggest stories and can’t miss video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STUART, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Martin County residents may have encountered an unusual roadblock on Tuesday as deputies helped…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[3204,28447,1071,28449,1160,171,173,172,28448,8846,504],"class_list":{"0":"post-43181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-agriculture","9":"tag-cattle-crossing","10":"tag-deputies","11":"tag-herd","12":"tag-martin-county","13":"tag-port-st-lucie","14":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","15":"tag-port-st-lucie-news","16":"tag-pratt-whitney-road","17":"tag-roadblock","18":"tag-safety"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}