Crime & Safety

Woman Injured by Charging Cow

The woman was flown to Shock Trauma with non-life threatening injuries.

A Taneytown woman was sent to Shock Trauma after being pinned against a car by a cow Wednesday evening, according to CBS.

Maryland State Police said after the cow had been hit by a car on Rt. 140 West of Taneytown, the injured cow charged a bystander, pinning her against a car, according to CBS.

Police shot and killed the cow. The bystander was flown to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma in Baltimore with non-life threatening injuries, according to the Carroll County Times


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