Family distraught after bull death
The Press Association: Family distraught after bull death: "family has been left distraught after a man died and his wife was critically injured when they were attacked by a bull in a field, police said.
The couple were attacked at around 4.30pm on Friday as they walked along a public footpath that ran through a livestock field on Leake Road in Stanford on Soar, Nottinghamshire.
The 63-year-old man died from his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, a spokesman from Nottinghamshire Police said.
His 67-year-old wife managed to get to the nearby road just after the attack, where she flagged down a passing female motorist who contacted emergency services
She was then taken to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham, where she remains in a critical condition.
The couple, who have not yet been named by police, were both from Glen Parva in Leicester and had two sons who both travelled to be at their mother's bedside, the spokesman said.
The man's elderly parents have also been informed about his death, he added."
The couple were attacked at around 4.30pm on Friday as they walked along a public footpath that ran through a livestock field on Leake Road in Stanford on Soar, Nottinghamshire.
The 63-year-old man died from his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, a spokesman from Nottinghamshire Police said.
His 67-year-old wife managed to get to the nearby road just after the attack, where she flagged down a passing female motorist who contacted emergency services
She was then taken to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham, where she remains in a critical condition.
The couple, who have not yet been named by police, were both from Glen Parva in Leicester and had two sons who both travelled to be at their mother's bedside, the spokesman said.
The man's elderly parents have also been informed about his death, he added."
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