Mulberry High Cow Hit By Car

THE LEDGER
Published: Friday, November 14, 2008 at 9:20 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 14, 2008 at 9:20 a.m.

MULBERRY A cow from the Mulberry High School agriculture program had a bruise Friday morning after it was hit by a car about 11 p.m. Thursday on State Road 60.

The cow is one of 23 head of cattle students in the school’s agriculture department maintain. The herd got out of the school’s 24-acre pasture through an unlocked gate, Kevin Wells, an agriculture teacher at the school said. The pasture is separated from S.R. 60 by other property, but the cattle managed to find their way to the highway, where one was hit.

Police were called and were able to herd the cattle back into the pasture.

The cow suffered a bruise but the most damage was to the vehicle, Wells said. “He is a nice gentlemen. He was more concerned with the cow than his car,” Wells said.

Wells said the cow was one of 10 designated to be trucked to a larger pasture owned by the School Board in Homeland. But now the cow will remain at the school for observation.

Wells was something of a victim himself, even though he was not there when the incident occurred. While being herded back to the pasture, the cows trampled through a vegetable garden he had growing.