A man was killed and his wife left paralysed when they were trampled by a herd of cows as they walked their daughter's dogs on a lunch break, an inquest heard.
Michael Holmes, 57, was pronounced dead at the scene and his wife, Teresa, was airlifted to hospital. They were trampled just 20ft from the end of a footpath as they crossed a field on a public right of way with the two whippets in September, 2020, the inquest was told.
Mr Holmes suffered 35 rib fractures and the sack of his heart was lacerated, a coroner heard. A pathologist ruled the injuries to his chest on their own were not survivable, the jury inquest into his death was told.
