A woman paralysed by cows was able to wake up from a coma and hear her husband’s death.

Teresa Holmes awoke from a coma to find out her husband Michael had died from his injuries after the couple were trampled by a herd of cows. (PA)

Teresa Holmes, who was in a coma, woke up to discover that Michael had died of injuries sustained after they were trampled and beaten by a cow herd. (PA)

A woman who was paralysed by the cows and put in a coma, was able to wake up in hospital and discover her husband had been killed in the horrific accident.

Teresa Holmes and Michael Holmes were walking on a lockdown near their Netherton home, West Yorkshire, when the animals pounced.

Holmes was killed in an accident in September 2020. His wife was also injured and left in a wheelchair six months later.

Holmes revealed to the hearing that she was a childhood sweetheart and that she had been married for 34. They started walking daily together during lockdown.

The couple took their two dogs, along with their daughter, up a steep hill on a public footpath. They were unaware that there were several cows and calves at the top.

CCTV footage from a nearby property appeared to show the cattle approaching the couple from behind and “accelerating”.

Holmes was fatally injured in the chest and was declared dead on the spot. His wife, however, spent six months in hospital with a spinal injury and fractured ribs.

Holmes, who has two children, said she has no recollection of the incident, possibly due to her memory “protecting” her.

Michael and Teresa Holmes were trampled by a herd of cows while out on a walk. (PA)

While on a walk with Teresa Holmes and Michael Holmes, a herd cows trampled them. (PA)

She told the inquest she remembers asking her husband which route they were going to take shortly before going into the field, but has no memory after that until she woke up in hospital weeks later, which she said “is a good thing really, considering what happened”.

According to the inquest, COVID-19 restrictions meant that the widow was not allowed visitors to her hospital room. This meant that her two daughters had to watch her from the window.

She explained that she and her husband also had to tell her the sad news.

“It was a very, very traumatic time, quite isolating,” she said. “I was just really confused, I couldn’t work out why I was there and my daughters eventually had to explain they had lost their dad.”

The two dogs managed to escape and were found by a neighbour near the Holmes’s home, it was said.

Holmes told the inquest she and and her husband had been in the same field “scores” of times and were aware it “sometimes” had cattle in, but that they did not see them on that day due to the steep hill.

“I do recall incidents where we came the reverse way and you can see the cows from there,” she told the hearing. There were times when we’d seen them and decided not to go in the field because I don’t want to cross a field I know has got cattle in.”

Michael Holmes' inquest is being held at the Wakefield Civil and Family Justice Centre. (Google Street View)

Michael Holmes’ inquest will be held at Wakefield Civil and Family Justice Centre. (Google Street View).

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Jurors were shown a picture of a sign at the bottom of the field that said: “These fields produce your food, clean up after your dog. Please keep your dog in sight and under control.”

Holmes stated that there was no indication that cows with calves were present in the field.

“It’s my understanding there were calves and if they have seen the dogs on the field, even though they were on leads, they would have felt potentially a threat from them,” she said. “I feel there should be some signage there that says ‘there are cattle with calves’. If that were the case, we wouldn’t have entered.

“They shouldn’t be on a public footpath where they are likely to charge.”

The inquest at Wakefield Civil & Family Justice Centre heard the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) had recorded nine UK fatalities due to cattle in five years, with HSE inspector Sarah Taylor saying there had been a spike in incidents in 2020.

The inquest continues.

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