Women Injured by Birthing Cow
That is one spunky 73 year old lady. Glad to hear this is an “alls well that ends well” story.
Woman injured in cow rollover
LEONIE JOHNSON | www.townsvillebulletin.com.au | July 9th, 2009
An elderly woman was crushed beneath a labouring cow that rolled on her while she helped it give birth at a Giru farm.
The 73-year-old woman had a compound fracture to her ankle and a broken sternum after the freak accident at a property near the Bruce Highway about 6pm Tuesday.
With her bone sticking through her skin, she managed to drag herself from under the heifer and struggled back to the farm house to call for help.
Giru Ambulance Station officer-in-charge Liam Steger said the woman’s efforts to reach the house were valiant.
”There was a cow having a baby and the thing rolled on her somehow,” he said.
”She managed to get out of the pen and back to the house to phone for help which was a feat in itself.
”She had a badly fractured right ankle and I transported her to Townsville Hospital.”
The woman has undergone surgery to her ankle and was listed in a stable condition yesterday.
Despite her injuries, the woman’s help assisted the cow in a safe delivery.
The mother and calf were understood to be healthy and well.