Woman out walking her dog trampled to death by herd of cows

A woman died after being trampled by a herd of 30 cows while walking her dog. Horrified local residents told how the 55-year-old was found “covered in blood” near the picture postcard village of Billingshurst in West Sussex just before noon on Monday (August 22).

Some rushed to the stricken woman's aid before police, paramedics and an air ambulance arrived. Residents and then 999 crews performed CPR for up to an hour in a desperate bid to save her, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Her sister rushed to the scene after reading on Facebook that her dog had been found. Residents claimed a man was injured by the same “crazy” cows in May this year and had to be airlifted to hospital, but survived.

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The victim - described as a “gentle human being” who "loved animals" - is understood to have been a keen dog walker who worked at a local shop. A friend, who did not want to be named, said: “I was at home just after it happened and by the time I got there my neighbours were trying to give her CPR.

“I saw the police, ambulances and the air ambulance- then the woman’s sister ran out and saw her lying in the field." She said of the woman who died: “She was lovely. She loved animals and she loved her dog. She was a gentle human being.

“The thought that she was trampled by a cow is just hideous. She didn’t even eat them, she was a vegetarian. She always walked her dog just past my house. I used to work with her in a bar many years ago and she worked in Sainsburys.”

A witness, who did not want to be named, said: “I was maybe the fourth person that got to the field. I saw the air ambulance and I said ‘what is going