MANSON, Wash. (AP) – Charles and Linda Everson were driving back to their hotel when their minivan was struck by a falling object – a 600-pound cow.
The Eversons were unhurt but the cow, which had fallen off a cliff, had to be euthanized.
The year-old cow fell about 200 feet from the cliff and landed on the hood of the couple’s minivan, causing heavy damage.
A Chelan County fire chief, Arnold Baker, said the couple missed being killed by a matter of inches in the accident Sunday on a highway near Manson.
The Eversons, visiting the area from their home in Westland, Mich., to celebrate their first wedding anniversary, were checked at Lake Chelan Community Hospital as a precaution.
Everson, 49, said he didn’t see the cow falling and didn’t know what happened until afterward.
He said he kept repeating: “I don’t believe this. I don’t believe this.”
AP-ES-11-06-07 1326EST
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