Bison gores Yellowstone customer, tosses her 10 ft, park officers say

A girl visiting Yellowstone National Park was gored by a bison and tossed into the air, park officials said Tuesday.

The 25-year-old lady, who was visiting from Ohio, was not identified in a information release from the park.

The lady approached the female bison Monday morning after it came near a boardwalk at Black Sand Basin, near Outdated Devoted geyser, the park mentioned.

Park rules require visitors to stay greater than 25 yards from the animals, the biggest mammals in North America, that are unpredictable, can top speeds of 35 mph and may jump several ft.

An estimated 2,300 to 5,500 bison reside on the park, they usually have injured extra individuals than another animal, the park stated.

When the customer came within 10 ft of the animal, the bison impaled her and "tossed" her 10 feet within the air, the park stated.

The lady had puncture wounds and different injuries and was taken to a hospital in Idaho, the service mentioned. Her condition was unknown Tuesday.

Two other individuals have been also near the animal when it gored the girl, the park mentioned. The discharge didn’t say if they had been injured.

The park warned people to stay 25 yards from bison, elk, bighorn sheep and moose and not less than 100 yards from bears and wolves.

CORRECTION (June 1, 2022, 12:07 p.m. ET) A previous version of this text misstated the severity of the woman’s injuries. She was gored by a bison and suffered puncture wounds. She was not killed.

Tim Stelloh is a breaking information reporter for NBC Information Digital.