Driver crashes into cow on Utah highway, officials say. He’s in critical condition
A man was driving on a Utah highway when he struck a cow, officials said.
The driver struck the animal around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 27, on State Route 102 at mile 14, the Utah Department of Public Safety said in a news release.
A photo of the car shows the windshield smashed and the hood of the vehicle damaged.
Authorities said they had to extract the man from the car.
He was taken to a hospital in critical condition. He was then flown to a trauma center in Wasatch Front, officials said.
The cow died.
Utah Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of the crash and how the cow got on the freeway.
Helena Wegner
McClatchy DC