After man flees traffic stop, cows lead officers "directly to where the suspect was hiding," North Carolina police say

Police officers in North Carolina got an unlikely assist while searching for a suspect in a reckless driving case. 

Authorities say a man later identified as Joshua Minton, 34, fled from Boone County police officers during a traffic stop on Tuesday. Minton led the police and deputies from the Watauga County Sheriff's Office on a chase in his car, then abandoned his vehicle and "fled into an undeveloped area," Boone police said in a news release.

Police weren't immediately able to see where Minton had run, so they began to search the area, and found a herd of cows eager to help.