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Woman stomped on by a cow at Westfair, Saturday

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July 27th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

A woman suffered cuts and bruises on her back, and other, possible injuries, after she was stepped on by a cow multiple times early this (Saturday) afternoon in Pottawattamie County. According to the Omaha World Herald, the  50-year-old woman was taken to Mercy Hospital following the incident which occurred at Westfair, during West Pottawattamie County Fair.

Dispatchers say the cow stepped on the woman two or three times. The accident happened at around 12:15-p.m. Officials said the woman was up and walking around after the accident, but as a precaution, she was strapped to a backboard before being placed in an ambulance.