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Yellowstone park: Tourist gored by bison after getting too close – Daily Montanan

['Daily Montanan Staff', 'More From Author', '- May']

Date: 2022-06 

A 25-year-old female from Grove City, Ohio, was gored and treated for injuries after she approached a bison to within 10 feet on the morning of May 30, 2022, Yellowstone National Park said Tuesday in a news release.

Park regulations require visitors to stay 25 yards away from bison. But the woman and two others got closer to the animal, and the bison gored her and tossed her 10 feet into the air near a boardwalk at Black Sand Basin north of Old Faithful, the park said.

The woman sustained other injuries, the park said, and she was transported to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center after being treated by park emergency medical providers.

The park reminded people that bison can run three times faster than humans.

“The incident remains under investigation, and there is no additional information to share,” the park said in the news release.

The park also said the following:

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