Motorcycle Hits Cow, One Dead

(Fredericktown, Ohio) A 26-year-old Cardington woman, Andrea Gladman, died after being thrown from a motorcycle that collided with a a Black Angus heifer.

The State Highway Patrol said the black cow had apparently escaped from a nearby farm when the motorcycle came along in the darkness around 10 p.m. Wednesday in western Knox County.

The driver of the motorcycle, Kevin Schirtzinger, 47, was treated for minor injuries and released. The cow appeared unhurt.