Cow Hurled Into Truck Kills Driver
A motorist was killed when an airborne cow smashed through the windshield of his pickup truck, striking him in the head, authorities said Thursday.
The California Highway Patrol said the 750-pound, 1 1/2-year-old heifer wandered onto a road during stormy weather Wednesday night in an unincorporated area of Solano County about 50 miles northeast of San Francisco.
A 1983 Mercedes-Benz traveling north on the road hit the animal, sending it hurtling into the air and into the path of the Toyota pickup, which was traveling south. The cow fell through the windshield and killed the driver.
After hitting the pickup, the heifer was thrown onto the southbound lane and was hit by another pickup.
“This is about as freaky an accident as you can imagine,” CHP Officer Chris Linehan said.
“Animals get hit but not something like this with it getting thrown up into the air and flying into another car,” he said.
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