Lawmaker Hurt After Heifer Attack

Lawmaker Hurt After Heifer Attack

Source: Associated Press Strange News

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Frank Lucas lost a tooth and got a small cut on his lip when he butted heads with a 250-pound heifer while putting an identification tag on the animal at his ranch, his spokesman said Monday.

Lucas underwent an emergency root canal Sunday after he was injured at his spread near Cheyenne in Oklahoma, spokesman Jim Luetkemeyer said.

“He was trying to tag the heifer and the heifer tagged him back,” Luetkemeyer said.

Lucas, 43, returned to Washington on Monday.

This is the second time the Republican has been injured on his ranch. His nose was broken following the 1996 elections when a cow rammed a swinging gate into his face.

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