A medical helicopter was requested due to the seriousness of the man’s injuries, but the helicopter was unable to respond due to weather conditions, police said.

Authorities responded to the farm at 188 Fitchburg Road just before 7:30 p.m. and found a 50-year-old man critically injured from the attack, Townsend police said in a statement.

A pig at a Townsend farm attacked a woman and a man in separate incidents about 90 minutes apart on Tuesday evening, leaving the man with life-threatening injuries, police said.

The man was instead transported by Townsend EMS to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester with very serious injuries, according to the statement.


The pig, an adult male, has been quarantined following the attack. Shannon Hernandez

Authorities had first responded to the same farm about an hour and a half before, after a 38-year-old woman was attacked by the same pig, police said.

She was transported to Leominster Hospital with lacerations to her body, according to the statement.

The man and the woman were not identified. A telephone call left by the Globe for the residents of the property was not immediately returned Tuesday night.

The pig, an adult male, has been quarantined and will be evaluated Wednesday by the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, the state veterinarian, the Animal Rescue League of Boston, and Townsend Animal Control, police said.

“The Townsend Police Department is investigating two very unfortunate farm incidents involving an animal attacking two people in the same day,” Police Chief Robert M. Eaton Jr. said in the statement. “We will be working closely with our partners in the animal control and veterinary world to determine the best course of action.”

Alexandra Koktsidis contributed to this report. Olivia Arnold can be reached at olivia.arnold@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @olivia_arnold12