Jul 07, 2023

Woman hospitalized after car strikes cow on Kansas highway

Posted Jul 07, 2023 7:30 PM

LANE COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 4a.m. Friday in Lane County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Honda Civic driven by Paula Anne Smallwood, 66, Greeley, Colorado, was  eastbound on Kansas 96 one half mile west of Eagle Road.

The car struck a cow, traveled off the road to the north, rolled and came to rest north of the highway. EMS transported Smallwood to the Scott County Hospital.. She was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.