A Madison man and his father-in-law were seriously injured Friday afternoon when they were gored by a bull that had escaped from its enclosed pasture.The Somerset County Sheriff's Office said Ronald McEwen, 57, and his 83-year-old father-in-law, Robert Neal, both suffered serious gore wounds in the attack. Officials said the men were trying to capture the bull after it got loose from its enclosure at McEwen's farm on Horsetail Hill Road in Madison.As the men tried to corral the bull, the animal charged them, police said. McEwen got a gun from his house and shot and killed the bull before it could cause further injury, police said.Neal was taken by Lifeflight to North Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. Police said he was being treated for serious wounds to his arm and leg. McEwen, who was gored in the face and leg, was taken by ambulance to Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Skowhegan. Their conditions were not known on Saturday afternoon.Chief Deputy Mike Mitchell said the public would have been at risk if the bull had been allowed to roam free outside its enclosed pasture.

A Madison man and his father-in-law were seriously injured Friday afternoon when they were gored by a bull that had escaped from its enclosed pasture.

The Somerset County Sheriff's Office said Ronald McEwen, 57, and his 83-year-old father-in-law, Robert Neal, both suffered serious gore wounds in the attack. Officials said the men were trying to capture the bull after it got loose from its enclosure at McEwen's farm on Horsetail Hill Road in Madison.


As the men tried to corral the bull, the animal charged them, police said. McEwen got a gun from his house and shot and killed the bull before it could cause further injury, police said.

Neal was taken by Lifeflight to North Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. Police said he was being treated for serious wounds to his arm and leg. McEwen, who was gored in the face and leg, was taken by ambulance to Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Skowhegan.

Their conditions were not known on Saturday afternoon.

Chief Deputy Mike Mitchell said the public would have been at risk if the bull had been allowed to roam free outside its enclosed pasture.