Almàssera (Valencia) (EFE).- A 74-year-old woman from Almàssera (Valencia) has been hospitalized in “critical condition” after being hit by a heifer that had come to this municipality from the neighboring town of Tavernes Blanques after breaking the barrier of the enclosure where a bullfighting celebration was held.
This has been confirmed to EFE by sources from the Civil Guard and close to the investigation, who have indicated that finally, between agents of the Civil Guard and the Local Police, as well as with ranchers, they have been able to corner her and capture her.
The event occurred this afternoon, when the heifer escaped from the enclosure where it was in Tavernes Blanques and after going through a street that connects this town with Almàssera, it began to tour the town, at which time it rammed a 74-year-old woman .
The woman, who is in “critical condition”, has been transferred to the Hospital Clínico de València, according to sources, who have indicated that the Nature Protection Service (Seprona) of the Civil Guard has taken charge of the matter.