Cow causes serious highway crash
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A DARK-COLOURED cow created chaos at Tansey on Friday night when it wandered into the path of oncoming traffic, causing a two-car crash.
Police said the cow stepped out into the path of a northbound Toyota LandCruiser towing a caravan on the Burnett Highway just before 8pm.
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The LandCruiser struck the cow, pushing it into the path of a car headed south on the highway.
The second car suffered "major damage" when it hit the cow, and the vehicle's passenger - a woman in her 30s - struck her head and suffered chest injuries including seatbelt bruising.
She was taken to Kingaroy Hospital.
The cow's fate is unknown.
