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Pickup sustained $1,500 damage in collision w/a cow in Union County

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July 22nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

No one was injured when a pickup struck a cow on 110th Street in Union County, early this (Monday) morning. The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports 16-year old Gauge Mitchell, of Creston, who wore his seat belt, was driving a 1997 Chevy K1500 pickup westbound on 110th Street at around 12:37-a.m., when the vehicle struck a cow on the traveled portion of the road. Following the collision, authorities say “The cow exited to road to the south.” Mitchell pulled the pickup into a private driveway and parked, because the vehicle had sustained disabling undercarriage damage estimated at $1,500. No citations were issued. The report did not indicate who the owner of the cow was.