Posted on 11/16/2006 9:17:32 PM PST by NormsRevenge
VIENNA (Reuters) - It took 25 firefighters, his wife and a son to roll Lulu the cow off Austrian farmer Leopold Zeilinger after she fell on him.
When Zeilinger discovered the 1,764-pound cow was too sick to stand up for milking, he used a winch to suspend her in the air. Part of the gear broke and Lulu toppled onto him, the daily Krone reported Wednesday.
Zeilinger suffered several broken bones and was airlifted to a hospital.
There was no word on Lulu's fate.
Cows stand in the snow near St. Martin in the Austrian province of Salzburg, November 2, 2006. When a farmer discovered a 1,764-pound cow was too sick to stand up for milking, he used a winch to suspend her in the air. Part of the gear broke and the cow toppled onto him, the daily Krone reported Wednesday. (Martina Puehringer/Reuters)
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LOL, must have been her head that landed on him or he'd be smashed flat!!
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