A short bike ride to the post office turned into a life-threatening ordeal for Marcela Montalva, a Chilean woman living in outback Queensland on a Working Holiday Visa.
She was knocked unconscious when a magpie attacked her while she was biking, causing her to fall and sending her crashing onto a concrete road.
Airlifted to the hospital with multiple fractures and a rare neck injury, she is now facing a steep financial battle after her insurance company refused to pay her bills.
