By Associated Press - Tuesday, April 15, 2014

LAKE ARIEL, Pa. (AP) - Authorities in northeastern Pennsylvania say a man shot a horned bull after it rammed him in the ribs, knocking him to the ground.

Jefferson Township Ambulance Capt. Jerry Dennis told The (Scranton) Times-Tribune (https://bit.ly/1jIQbjp) that the 43-year-old Wayne County man, whose name was not released, was hospitalized with “serious injuries” after the incident Monday afternoon.

The man was working on a property in Lake Township when he was rammed by the bull, which came from an adjacent farm.

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Dennis said he didn’t know if the bull survived the shooting.

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Information from: The Times-Tribune, https://thetimes-tribune.com/

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