SALINE COUNTY — A Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 6p.m. Monday in Saline County.

A 2012 Ford Focus driven by Glenn Deines, 67, Smolan, was westbound on the 2600 Block of West Water Well Road and hit a cow, according to Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander

The animal escaped from a nearby electric fence and wandered into the road. “The cow’s owner Michael Wimer had to put the animal down before removing it from the scene,” said Melander. Deines was not seriously injured.

Melander said that deer-related accidents are on the decline in Saline County but as the with dry conditions electric fences become less effective at containing livestock.