A collision between a car and a cow Tuesday night in Mills County caused extensive damage to a 2015 Chevy, but no one was hurt. The Mills Couty Sheriff’s Office reports 34-year old Melinda Smits, of Red Oak, was traveling east on Highway 34 at around 11:20-p.m., when a cow walked out of the median. Smits was unable to react in-time before striking the animal. Following the collision, Smits’ vehicle slid off the road and came to rest in the south ditch.

Authorities say a patrol car with its emergency lights activated was in the median with the cow, trying to prevent the animal from walking onto the highway when it walked in front of Smit’s Chevy. The owner of the cow was located and advised three cows had escaped earlier in the evening, but at the time, were unable to be located. The additional two cows were found and contained.