Cows step on fallen farmer in Hopfgarten

A 58-year-old farmer was injured after falling and being stepped on by cows in Hopfgarten im Brixental, in Kitzbühel district, on Thursday afternoon, ORF reported.

She had been driving the animals into a barn with her son and daughter-in-law at about 5 p.m. when she slipped and fell between the hind legs of two cows. The startled animals stepped on her upper body with their hind legs.

The woman had already injured the back of her head in the fall and was also hurt in the chest. After receiving first aid, she was flown by the Heli 4 emergency medical helicopter to Kufstein Hospital.