South Dakota
‘Freak accident’: Bison attacks woman in South Dakota park, leaving her partially paralyzed
CUSTER, S.D. — A British vacationer is recovering within the hospital after being charged and gored by a bison.
Amelia Dean, 19, stated the bison attacked whereas she and a pal have been mountaineering in Custer State Park in South Dakota.
Dean stated the almost 2,000 pound animal charged her from 100 yards away, however stopped simply earlier than hitting her.
“He was in entrance of me so rapidly,” Dean stated whereas talking with Good Morning America. “I do not know the way lengthy it was, nevertheless it was beneath ten seconds.”
The bison’s horn pierced her left thigh, damaging her artery and nerves and leaving her paralyzed under the knee.
Dean stated she has no arduous emotions in direction of the bison and it was simply her luck.
“It is only a freak accident,” Dean stated. “It occurs typically. They’re wild animals.”