A husband and wife were trampled by a herd of cows as they walked their dogs. Conclusion: The husband died instantly and the wife was paralyzed.
Tragic! Michael Holmes, 57, and his wife, Teresa, fell victim to a herd of cows while walking their daughter’s dogs. Unfortunately, the man was declared dead on the spot and his wife, Teresa, was airlifted to hospital. In all, Michael Holmes suffered 35 rib fractures and the bag around his heart was punctured. A pathologist told investigationwhich was held at Wakefield Civil and Family Justice Centerwhich Michael would not have could not survive his injuriesreports the DailyMail.
Concerning Teresa, she was placed in convalescence for six months in the hospital. She suffered a spine fractureof the spinal cord injury and fractured ribs. After this incident, the widow who remained unconscious in the hospital did not wake up until a week later. It was only there that she learned that her husband had been killed. “I don’t remember the incident, which is a good thing really because what happened must have been horrible“she said.
“We left just after noon with the dogs”
During the investigation related to the incident, Teresa had expressed her grief. “We were both working from home and going out for a walk for half an hour every day had become routine.“, she confided. “We left just after noon with the dogs. The two dogs were used to each other and we both had them on a fixed leash“, she continued before adding: “We knew there were sometimes cattle in the field“.”Very often, we arrived in the opposite direction of the field and we saw cattle and we said we wouldn’t cross the field. We took another path“, she concludes.