72-year-old Boise woman attacked by bison at Yellowstone National Park

YELLOWSTONE, Wyo., (KBOI) — A 72-year-old Boise woman was head-butted by a bison at Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday.

The National Park says Virginia Junk of Boise was butted in the thigh, pushed and tossed off trail in the Old Faithful area.

Park officials say she didn't see the animal as she was heading around a bend in the trail and wasn't able to move away before the bison dropped its head.

She suffered minor injuries and was later taken to Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg.

This is the first visitor to be injured by a bison this year. There was one incident in 2017 and five in 2015, the national park says.

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