Two men were fatally injured by a rampaging camel escaped from a petting zoo in Tennessee, according to local officials.
Bobby Matheny, 42, and Tommy Gunn, 67, both from Tennessee, died after the camel cornered and attacked them on Thursday in Obion, roughly 100 miles northeast of Memphis.
According to reports, responding officers killed the camel.
The department informed that the Obion County Sheriff’s Office received a call about the camel escaping and attacking people near the Shirley Farms petting Zoo around 4:45 p.m.
When deputies arrived on the scene, they found the two men unconscious and the camel still on the loose. Several other agencies responded to provide aid and get the victims to safety, the New York Post reported.
While deputies moved one of the victims into an ambulance, the camel reappeared and attacked a sheriff’s vehicle. That’s when authorities were forced to put the camel down.
Both were declared dead at the scene.
A family member of one of the victims told news outlets that both victims had gone out to the farm to help capture the camel.
