Fell with animal – farmer injured by horn of young cattle in the eye

Fatal accident in Obergrünau in the Tyrolean district of Reutte on Saturday evening! When separating from the mother cow, a young cow rolled over the 64-year-old farmer. The animal’s horn got caught in the man’s eye. The helicopter had to move out.

The serious accident happened at 7:30 p.m. In his barn, the 64-year-old wanted to separate the young cattle from their mother cow, a Scottish highland cattle. “When the two animals were separated, the farmer fell together with the yearling,” according to the police. Horn around 15 centimeters long The young cattle then rolled over the body of the 64-year-old and hit the around 15 centimeter long horn in his eye. The injured farmer had to be flown to the Innsbruck clinic in a rescue helicopter.
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