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SPOKANE - A cow plunged from a 61 metre cliff onto the hood of a minivan on a highway in central Washington state, according to police.
The car's occupants, Charles and Linda Everson, were not hurt in the accident, but the cow was euthanised at the scene.
"If the cow had fallen a split second later, the animal would have landed right in their laps," said Jeff Middleton, criminal deputy of the Chelan County Sheriff's Department.
Middleton estimated the animal weighed 272 kilograms, or the average size of a mature cow. It had been missing for two days and wandered 8 km from home near the popular Lake Chelan tourist area.
- REUTERS
