Two people injured in separate cow-related incidents

Two people have been injured in incidents involving cows in our region.

A 55-year-old local man was trampled by the animals while walking his dog in Redmire in Wensleydale on Wednesday August 26th.

The victim was treated at scene for serious chest and spinal injuries before being flown to hospital by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Around ten minutes later and miles away in Northumberland their Cumbria-based aircraft was dispatched to Hadrian's Wall.

There a French women had sustained a blow to the chest from a cow and was in some discomfort.

Her injuries were found not to be serious and she was able to be transferred to hospital by the North East Ambulance Service.