Truck driver injured after being flung into air by rogue bull
A man is in hospital after he was charged by a rogue bull and flung metres into the air at a remote Queensland property on Sunday.
The 55-year-old man was knocked unconscious after a bull charged up behind him and flipped him into the air on a cattle property on the Queensland-Northern Territory border, Queensland Ambulance Service paramedic Matthew Steer said.
"The bull had picked the truck driver up by the back of his shirt and flung him more than two metres into the air," he said.
"The man landed on his head and was knocked unconscious."
The truck driver had been loading cattle onto a road train when the incident occurred.
The owner of the property called for help and a LifeFlight rescue helicopter flew 200 kilometres from its Mount Isa base to treat the man.
He regained consciousness and was airlifted in a stable condition to Mount Isa Hospital.
The bull attack was the 35th mission for LifeFlight crews in Queensland this year where a person has been injured by an animal, largely involving cattle, horses, snake bites and marine stings.
Amy Mitchell-Whittington is a reporter at the Brisbane Times, with a special interest in science and education
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