When are people going to get it? Horses spook. And parades should be delightful, not dangerous. Still, it's parade season and that means horses will be spooking.
The 2009 Memorial Day Parade in Morris Plains, New Jersey, took a terrifying turn on Saturday when a pair of carriage horses spooked. The 62-year-old carriage driver was "badly bloodied" and two children narrowly escaped serious injury in this accident involving a pair of 1,800-pound Clydesdales, Sunny and Cinder.
The carriage apparently flipped during a U-turn, spooking the horses, who bolted. The driver was pinned and run over, the young passengers were eventually snatched to safety, and cars were smashed and dented before this ordeal was over. The driver was hospitalized for treatment of head wounds, broken rib
s, and severe cuts and bruises. One of the horses suffered a cut to a hind leg.Scary stuff, and dangerous. But perfectly normal horse behavior. Horses are easily spooked, and a frightened horse is a dangerous thing.
The spooking was "pretty upsetting," said Mayor Frank Druetzler. Before the next parade he should inform himself about the nature of horses and their tendency to spook.
(Photos by George!/Morristown Green)
UPI: Horse spooks, driver hospitalized
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