Two men refused medical treatment after the vehicle they were in struck a cow on the road in Page County, Sunday night. Sheriff Lyle Palmer reports the accident happened on Highway 71, just south of the Montgomery/Page County line, at around 8:25-p.m. An investigation determined 23-year old Mark Richard Schut and 20-year old Paul Andre Schut, both of Villisca, were traveling in a 1996 Chevy K1500 pickup northbound on Highway 71, when the vehicle struck a black cow that was in the traveled portion of the road. The pickup continued into the east ditch before coming to rest. The cow went into the east ditch also, where it died.

Damage to the pickup was estimated at $4500. The black cow was owned by Jacob Harold Eitzen, of rural Villisca, who was notified of the accident and identified the black cow as being his. The estimated value of the cow is $1000. No citations were issued. The Page County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Villisca Fire and rescue.