(Creston, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Union County report a car struck a calf on the road Monday night, causing $2,500 damage to the vehicle, but the driver, 30-year-old Mikayla Rayne Nixt, of Creston, was not injured. The accident happened as Nixt was driving a 2009 Chevy Impala southbound on REA Road at around 11:42-p.m.

The calf was struck in the middle of the road near the Dennis Leith residence. Leith owns the calf and responded to the scene. The animal was injured, but still alive. Leith dealt with the calf and got it off the road.

Nixt was able to drive her vehicle home and called the sheriff’s office to inform them of the accident. No citations were issued.