2 injured, cow killed when driver strikes animal in southern Minnesota

(FOX 9) - Two people were hurt, and a cow was killed when a driver collided with the animal on a highway in southern Minnesota.

The Minnesota State Patrol says a 56-year-old woman from Pipestone was driving southbound on Highway 91 in Chanarambie Township, Murray County, at 11:22 p.m. on Thursday when she hit the cow that was on the roadway. 

The driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital. Her passenger, a 37-year-old woman from Pipestone, also suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital. 

The cow did not survive, the State Patrol told FOX 9. It's unclear how the cow ended up on the highway.