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Des Moines, Iowa, June 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 60-year-old woman was killed after a cow turned aggressive and attacked her. Witnesses say when the cow became aggressive when Jean Fee placed herself on the line to protect her grandson.

The animal attacked Jean with its head and she became unconscious. The reports say the paramedics only got to the farm about 20 minutes later and when they airlifted Jean to the hospital, she had died. The family says Jean was taken to the Cedar Rapids hospital. Animal experts say it is very rare for a cow to turn aggressive. Rarer is deaths attributed to cows. However the scientists say when the animals have a newborn calf to protect, they can be aggressive in doing so. That may be the likely cause because the family says there were three calves on the farm when the incident happened.

Matt Fee, who is the son of Jean, told reporters that, “The best we can figure is the cow became aggressive, and my mom was protecting my nephew, and the cow hit her with its head and it stopped her heart.”

Every year across the United States, rare instances of cow attacks are reported. However casualties and deaths are not common in most of the cases.