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Horse
Carriage Deaths & Injuries
"Hansom
Horse's Tale of Whoa" - New York City, November 2, 2000 "A
horse broke free from its carriage yesterday at Columbus Circle
and hit at least one car as it galloped to Broadway - stopping
morning traffic as people watched in horror...The horse went down
about half-a-block before the harness broke, snaring one of his
legs...The horse fell and slid down the street..."
"Bolting
Carriage Horse Hurts 2" - New York City, August 6, 1999
"Carriage
Horse Is Electrocuted on Street" -- New York City, January
1999 A horse pulling a carriage stepped on an electrically charged
manhole cover and was shocked to death.
"Runaway
Horse Bashes Tourist...Carriage Horse Bolts and Injures Pedestrian"
-- New York City, November 1997
"Hit
and Run Accident Sends a Carriage Horse On Wild Rampage"
-- Boston, 1996
"Two
horses have been struck and killed by city buses, another by a
car, and on one occasion a spooked horse jumped through a plate
glass window" -- Atlanta (during the Olympics) July, 1996
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