A woman needed to be taken to hospital after her vehicle crashed into cattle near Winton on Thursday evening.
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Queensland Ambulance Service said paramedics attended a single vehicle crash into cows which was reported on Landsborough Highway at 6.30pm.
"An adult female sustained minor injuries and was transported in a stable condition to Winton Hospital," QAS said.
In Queensland an old English law gives cattle the right of way over vehicles on public roads.
In other states the owners of livestock are legally liable in such circumstances.
Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
