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Offline Elderberry

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Fox News by Stephen Sorace 11/8/2023

An Arizona woman has died a week after an elk apparently trampled her at her home in what wildlife officials believe is the first fatal elk attack in the state's history.

The woman’s husband found her on the ground in the backyard of their house in the Pine Lake community in the Hualapai Mountains, about 15 miles southeast of Kingman, around 6 p.m. Oct. 26, the Arizona Game and Fish Department said Tuesday.

The husband called 911 and paramedics rushed his wife to the Kingman Regional Medical Center before she was transferred to Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas. The woman was put into a medically induced coma due to the extent of her injuries.

The woman, whose name was not released, died on Friday, eight days after the elk encounter, wildlife officials said. The Clark County Medical Examiner’s office ruled her death an accident.

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Yikes. Must have been a terrifying experience.
The abnormal is not the normal just because it is prevalent.
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