"Hit-and-run driver collides with six cows"

Spotted by Witterings in The Local:

A drunken hit-and-run motorist swerved off the road and drove into six cows before fleeing the accident scene in a rural area of the canton of Vaud near Montreux over the weekend.

Two cows were instantly killed and another two had to be put down because of severe injuries, police said. A decision will be made on Monday whether to destroy one of the two other cows, which suffered pelvis injuries.

The motorist, a Swiss man in his 30s, was later arrested at his nearby home after Vaud Riviera police tracked him down, according to press reports. A licence plate* came loose from the vehicle in the accident, which occurred early on Saturday morning on the road between Saint Légier and Châtel Saint Denis, a town in the canton of Fribourg.

* Hardly CSI, is it?

"I've found a suspicious looking number plate. Shall we dust it for fingerprints, sir?"

"Nah, let's just look it up on the computer... ah, here we go. Let's go an arrest a Swiss man in his 30s at his nearby home in Vaud Riviera. Bring the breathalyser kit and some snacks."

"Do you think he'll be hungry, sir?"

"No, I'm just feeling a bit peckish. You drive and I'll eat them on the way there.