Kangaroo ‘jumps’ two female cyclists

A woman says she and a friend were injured when they were attacked by a kangaroo while on a cycling tour of an Australian wine region.

Sharon Heinrich, 45, said she and Helen Salter, 47, were cycling side by side along a tourist route in the Clare Valley in South Australia state when she saw a large kangaroo standing on a slight rise.

As they passed, the kangaroo bounded across the trail, landing with his long hind legs first on Ms Heinrich’s left torso and then on Ms Salter’s back.