CASSELTON, N.D. – A Cass County deputy responding to a motorist that had crashed into a cow off Interstate 94 Monday morning had to go to the hospital himself after the injured cow charged him.
Cass County Sgt. Dean Haaland said the deputy was responding to the crash about 3 a.m. west of Casselton when the injured cow charged him.
The deputy was knocked to the ground and suffered some bruising, Haaland said. When he got up, the cow charged again, and the deputy fired upon the animal to keep from being hit again. The shot killed the cow.
Haaland said the deputy was checked out at an area hospital and is doing OK.
Cass County deputies were investigating to find out who’s responsible for the cow. It’s possible the animal fell off a truck.
