A 16-year-old exchange student has been gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park, sustaining serious but not life-threatening injuries.

According to the National Park Service, a Taiwanese exchange student was visiting Upper Geyser Basin Friday with her host family when the girl turned her back to the bison to have her picture taken with the bison.

First hand reports say the girl was between three to six feet from the bison when the bison gored her. The unidentified girl was transported to the Old Faithful Clinic, and then airlifted to another hospital.

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