Gainesville, MO. – A woman was fatally injured and a juvenile was seriously injured following a crash with a cow.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Crash report, the crash occurred on June 17, 2024, at 9:58 p.m., 6 miles northwest of Gainesville. 31-year-old Holly Cooke was driving a 1998 Lincoln Town Car southbound on Highway 5 when the vehicle stuck a cow in the roadway. Cooke was fatally injured from the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene. A 10-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and transported via air ambulance to Mercy Children’s Hospital in Springfield.
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This is Troop G’s 11th fatality for 2024 as opposed to 14 at the same time last year.
The crash was investigated by Sergeant L.S. Elliott of Troop G.
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