Accident involving a cow

Missouri State Highway Patrol was called out to a 1 vehicle accident around 11:45pm last night. This accident was on Highway 18 .10 of a mile West of OO Highway. The accident happend when the 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Michelle K Thomas, 44 of Waynesville Missouri was traveling westbound and struck a cow that was in the roadway causing the vehicle to travel off the leftside of the roadway overcorrected then went off the right side of the roadway and struck a ditch. A juvenile passenger in the vehicle recieved minor injuries and refused treatment at the scene. The vehicle was driven from the scene and both involved was wearing seatbelts.