Their conditions are serious. An elderly couple was attacked in Tarvisio (Udine) late yesterday morning by a deer, while he was taking a walk near the houses in via Roma. The animal hit the two unfortunates several times, also making them roll along the slope, as witnessed by the inhabitants of an apartment building nearby who witnessed the scene.
They intervened on the spot the regional helicopter rescue, the fire brigade, the Alpine and speleological rescue at the station of Cave del Predil and the Carabinieri. The woman, the more serious of the two, was transported by helicopter to Udine and the man was entrusted to an ambulance that went to the civil hospital of Tolmezzo (Today).