NEW YORK - Police and zoo officials say a visitor to the Bronx Zoo was mauled by a tiger on Friday after he leaped from an elevated monorail train and plummeted over a fence into an exhibit.
Police, who initially reported the man had lost a leg in the mauling, later said he suffered puncture wounds to his back.
They also said he suffered a broken ankle and a broken arm, possibly from the jump.
The attack happened at around 3 p.m. in the Wild Asia exhibit, where a train with open sides takes visitors over the Bronx River and through a forest, where they glide along the top edge of a fence, past elephants, deer and a tiger enclosure.
Passengers aren't strapped in on the ride, and the 25-year-old man apparently jumped out of his train car, with a leap powerful enough to clear the perimeter fence.
Details of what happened next were unclear, but police said the tiger attacked.
