A pig killed a man and badly hurt
his two-year-old son at a farm on the outskirts of Rome Sunday.
The 50-year-old Romanian man took his son to the pen hoping
to show him the just-born piglets when the sow attacked him,
knocking him over and inflicting a fatal bite.
The animal then seriously injured the toddler.
Emergency services rushed to the spot but were unable to do
anything for the man.
The boy was helicoptered to a hospital at Tivoli, and was
moved to Rome Bambino Gesù children's hospital Sunday night.
He was said to be "breathing with a ventilator, sedated and
in critical condition" on Monday.
The incident happened in the Corcolle area.
An autopsy has been ordered.
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