Two Bethany residents were injured Wednesday night when, according to the Highway Patrol, the car they were riding in struck a cow in southern DeKalb County.
Taken by ambulance to the Cameron Regional Medical Center were the driver 33-year-old Michael Parkhurst and passenger 61-year-old Joyce Parkhurst. A trooper reported a cow entered Highway 36 when the eastbound car struck the animal. Damage was extensive to the car in the 10:30 pm accident Wednesday night that happened approximately one half mile northeast of Osborn.
The patrol reports that both occupants were wearing seatbelts.