SHEFFIELD MP David Blunkett has told how he cheated death when a one ton cow fell on top of him and broke his rib.
The Brightside MP was walking near his home at Beeley, Chatsworth, with his son Andrew and guide dog Sadie on Saturday - his 62nd birthday - when the bizarre incident happened.
The former Home Secretary, who believes it was a "miracle" he was not
killed, was rushed to see specialist doctors by his fiancée Margaret Williams, a GP.
He says he was told he was lucky he had not suffered a punctured lung.
Mr Blunkett said they had came across a group of cows when one of them "let out a roar" on spotting eight-year-old Sadie.
Mr Blunkett said: "I let go of Sadie and she shot off. But the next thing I knew, I'd stumbled to the ground and the animal fell over too. She hit my side and broke my rib.
"Had her full weight of around a ton hit me, I'd have been a goner."
But although Mr Blunkett says he has suffered "a lot of painful bruising", he pledged he would still be in London at work this week.
He added: "I know the public are furious with politicians but I didn't realise the anger has spread to Britain's cow population too.
"A few more inches and Labour would have been facing another unwelcome by-election.
"There is a serious message from this, beware of cattle, especially when walking a dog and calves are about.
"The incidence of people being attacked by cattle is extremely high, especially at this time of year."
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