Leon May, 68, recovers in hospital after being hit by steer that escaped from Royal Adelaide Show enclosure An out-of-control B-Double slams into a popular Glen Osmond Road restaurant , the Royal Show's runaway steer returned to his home paddock, and the Power reserves to enter the SANFL as the Magpies from next season. A MAN struck by a rampaging steer at the Royal Adelaide Show yesterday has spoken of the ordeal that has left him in hospital. Leon May, 68, was the worst-injured among three people struck by the steer - a castrated bull - after it broke free from its enclosure and charged through the showgrounds just after 5pm. St John's paramedics treated eight people for minor injuries or emotional trauma. Mr May - a steward at the Show's Golden Grains Pavillion, who was walking with his wife - spent the night at the Royal Adelaide Hospital recovering from head injuries. "I didn't see it until I reckon it was probably less than two metres from me," he said. It jumped and hit me in the chest with its head - it really sent me flying and I lobbed on my right side. Leon May recovering in the RAH after being struck by a steer while working at the Royal Adelaide Show. I've got a black eye, a lump on my head and a few aches and pains. It hit me high in the chest, but it hasn't done any harm, it's hitting the ground that's done the harm to me. I had a massive lump on my head but it's going down now. Mr May - who was briefly unconscious - said he was treated by paramedics for about 30 minutes before being taken to hospital. He considers himself lucky the steer did not step on him as it continued its rampage from one corner of the showgrounds to the other. Picture: Channel 10 "I was probably looking a bit sideways talking, (my wife) said something and I looked up and this bull was there and he actually jumped as he hit me," Mr May said. He hit me and he hit me hard. How the hell I went down without him stepping on me afterwards, I do not know. I think if he had stepped on me I'd be a lot worse off. Mr May said he suffered from excruciating headaches overnight. Picture: Sam Kelton "I've very rarely had headaches in my life but last night was astronomical," he said. The steer escaped while it and several other steers were being unloaded near the Leader St entrance of the showgrounds. A five-year-old child also was taken to the Women's and Children's Hospital by a parent and a woman was assessed at the scene but cleared of injury, an SA Ambulance Service spokeswoman said. The child was discharged last night. The steer was captured on Greenhill Rd about half an hour after it escaped. The woman said the steer was huge and running fast. Royal Adelaide Show general manager Michelle Hocking said animals were frequently being brought to and from the showgrounds and that was when the steer escaped. Beef Cattle Committee chairman Jock Gosse said the steer was now en route to a property in the Adelaide Hills. Mr Gosse said the steer's owners were devastated that someone was injured, noting the steer had been calm before the incident. He also said a review would be conducted to make sure enough safety measures were in place to prevent similar incidents. Mr Grosse praised handlers who helped restrain the steer. He said it likely became frightened by surrounding noises and travelling on the truck.