A cow was put down after suffering multiple injuries when it was hit by a pickup truck Monday evening, in Montgomery County. Sheriff’s officials say Jacob R. Lindgren was traveling north on M Avenue just after 9-p.m., when the 1999 Ford F-250 he was driving topped a hill about a half-mile south of 250th Street, and collided with the cow, which was in the middle of the road. Lindgren saw the animal and tried to stop, but was unable to do so in-time.

The cow’s owner, Andy Larson, confirmed the animal was his, and that there had been an issue with a fence on his property that he thought had been repaired to keep his animals confined to the pasture.

The pickup, registered to Mark V. Lindgren, sustained $4,000 damage. The cow was valued at $2,300. No citations were issued.