(Shannon City, Iowa) – A cow on a gravel road was struck and killed Wednesday night, northwest of Shannon City, in Union County. According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, a 2011 Chevy pickup driven by 28-year-old Brandon Parsons, of Shannon City, was traveling south on Pole Road at around 11:18-p.m., when the vehicle struck a cow owned by Craig Hoffman, of Diagonal.

Parsons was not injured. His pickup sustained about $3,000 damage. The cow was valued at $4,000.