An 85-year-old hiker in the Austrian Alps was killed after a herd of cows trampled him and his wife while they were walking their dog, local police said Monday.

The man and his 82-year-old wife were hiking towards a mountain hut in Ramsau am Dachstein in Austria's Styria province on Sunday afternoon when the incident occurred, police said.

"A retired couple from Vienna and their dog were walking just below the so-called Austria hut when a herd of nine cows -- including three calves — charged and severely injured them," local police spokesman Markus Lamb told AFP.

Cows grazing in the Austrian Alps. Frank Hammerschmidt/picture alliance via Getty Images

Hikers in the area and people running the nearby refuge hut witnessed the attack, administered first aid and alerted emergency servic

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