Two from Bethany sent to hospital after vehicle strikes cow in roadway

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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.


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