Man ‘gored’ by pig, teenager with marine sting at Gladstone

Paramedics have treated a man after he was attacked by one of his pigs while a female teenager presented with a marine sting in the same Queensland region. DETAILS.

A man was gored by his pig at a Gladstone region property.

A man was “gored” by a pig at his farm in the Gladstone region early on Saturday morning.

The man, in his 60s, was feeding his pigs at his O’Connell property, a rural suburb in South Gladstone, at around 5.30am when one “went a little bit crazy” and gored his arm, a Queensland Ambulance Spokesperson said.

Paramedics treated the man for the laceration on his arm and he was taken in an ambulance in a stable condition to Gladstone Hospital.

Hours before, Boyne Island paramedics treated a female teenager for a marine sting.

The teenager presented to the Boyne Island Queensland Ambulance Service station at 7.15pm with reports of a marine sting.

It was unclear what type of marine animal it was.

She was also taken to Gladstone Hospital in a stable condition.

It follows a series of stinger hospitalisations in recent days including six suspected irukandji stings on K’Gari in the space of a week, several of which requiring evacuation by the rescue helicopter.

Stinger season generally runs from late September to early May.

Originally published as Man ‘gored’ by pig, teenager with marine sting at Gladstone