By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A Bennington man was injured when the tractor-trailer rig he was driving struck a cow in northwest Saline County early Monday morning.
Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander said this morning that the 33-year-old man was driving a 1996 Freightliner that was pulling a trailer loaded with corn. At approximately 5:39 a.m. Monday, the Freightliner struck a cow near the intersection of N. Brookville Road and Lockard Road.
The tractor-trailer rig then went off the road and struck a fence and an Evergy power pole before the entire rig rolled over, spilling the corn.
The driver sustained non-life threatening injuries and sought treatment for those injuries, Melander said.
The cow was pronounced dead at the scene.