Australian woman injured in kangaroo attack

The woman was reportedly injured as she tried to save her husband from the kangaroo.

Linda Smith, 64,  suffered severe chest injuries, including a collapsed lung, broken ribs and multiple cuts to her arms and legs as well as other internal injuries at Millmerran, about 80 kilometres south-west of Toowoomba, reported Brisbane Times.

She was taken to Toowoomba Base Hospital for treatment.
As per the Brisbane Times reprot, her husband, in his 60s, was taken to Milmerran Hospital after receiving multiple lacerations while her son, who is in his 40s, was treated on scene for minor injuries but did not require transportation.

Speaking from hospital on Sunday, Linda Smith told the newspaper she had been a wildlife carer for the past 15 years. 

“This one kangaroo came in and I thought it was Golly Gosh, one of the kangaroos we have raised," she told the news paper.

"He was a huge grey, would have been at least six foot," she said.

She said her husband the feeding the kangaroo when it attacked him.

“Jim was on the ground and the kangaroo just kept at him," she said.

“I went outside to try and help him and took a broom and a piece of bread but he knocked the broom out of my hand then attacked me. I got him off Jim and Jim got up and I managed to grab a piece of wood to defend myself with that," she told the newspaper.

“Then my son came out to try and help me and hit him over the head with a shovel. I have never been one to want to hurt animals," she said.