Mountain Home man injured when tractor trailer hits cow in road

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A Mountain Home man was injured early Wednesday morning after his tractor trailer rig hit a cow in the road in west central Missouri. Forty-seven-year-old Johnnie Beck was treated at the scene for minor injuries.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Beck’s truck struck a cow that had walked onto Interstate 49 in Bates County. The truck ran off the right side of the road.

The accident happened at 2:30 Wednesday morning on the rural stretch of the interstate.

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