Spotted by Murray W in the NZ Herald:
The TrustPower TECT Rescue Helicopter was called to a Pongakawa farm about 2.30pm.(1)
Te Puke St John operations team manager Simon Campbell said a cow landed on a 53-year-old woman while they were loading the animals on or off a truck. "The accident was caused when a cow jumped over a rail on a truck they were loading and landed on top of her."(2)
She had moderate to serious neck injuries and minor head and leg injuries. The Pukehina Fire Service(3) and Te Puke St John responded to the initial call about 2pm.
1) I like the time travel element of the story: we are told the helicopter was called at 2.30 pm at the beginning of the article and that the ambulance was called at 2 pm, forcing you to skip back to the start of the article to see the relevance.
2) No, cows can't jump over the moon, but they can certainly leap walls and railings if they see a tasty target on the other side.
3) Was the cow on fire?
Thursday 30 August 2012
"Tauranga woman crushed by cow"
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3 comments:
Cows: kill them! Eat them! Every steak is a step towards final victory.
You didn't seem to question why the St John Ambulance Team (according to the team manager) was at a scene and was loading animals on and/or off trucks.
This does seem very clear that something went wrong whilst the St John Team was loading the animals.
"Te Puke St John operations team manager Simon Campbell said a cow landed on a 53-year-old woman while they were loading the animals on or off a truck."
(The only people involved - before the fire brigade and helicopter etc were called - was the woman, in the singular, and the St John Team. Therefor "they" included said team.
Bizarre.
Regards
Bill
BGP, yes that puzzled me. But I gave them a bonus point for writing St John and not St John's.
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