Cow plunges off cliff onto moving minivan
Wed Nov 7, 8:18 AM ET
SPOKANE, Washington (Reuters) - A cow plunged from a 200-foot
(61-metre) cliff onto the hood of a minivan on a highway in central
Washington state, according to police.
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The car's occupants, Charles and Linda Everson, were not hurt in
Sunday's accident, but the cow was euthanized at the scene.
"If the cow had fallen a split second later, the animal would have
landed right in their laps," said Jeff Middleton, criminal deputy of
the Chelan County Sheriff's Department.
Middleton estimated the animal weighed 600 lbs (272 kilograms), or the
average size of a mature cow. It had been missing for two days and
wandered 5 miles from home near the popular Lake Chelan tourist area.
(Reporting by Megan Cooley)
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