CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A woman says she and her friend were injured when they were jumped by a kangaroo while cycling in an Australian wine region.
Sharon Heinrich said on Monday she and her friend Helen Salter were cycling side by side along a tourist route in the Clare Valley in South Australia state on Wednesday, May 25, when she saw a large kangaroo standing on a slight rise.
Heinrich says that as they passed, the kangaroo bounded across the trail, landing with his long hind legs first on Heinrich’s left torso and then on Salter’s back. It knocked both from their bikes before hopping off, apparently unharmed.
Heinrich says she broke three ribs and will undergo surgery on Thursday for ruptured breast implants.
She says Slater suffered a concussion and whiplash.
