Authorities say a 37-year-old man was fatally injured when his car slammed into a cow in southeast Nebraska.

Lincoln television station KLKN reports that the man was driving to work in Lincoln when the accident occurred just before 6 a.m. Thursday.

The Otoe County Sheriff’s Office says the car was on State Spur 66A south of Palmyra when it hit the cow, which was standing on the roadway.

The sheriff’s office says a passer-by saw the man’s car in a roadside ditch and called for help.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene. His name hasn’t been released yet.