Young Driver Crashed into 2,000 lb. Horse
Altoona, Alabama
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I hit the third horse that was in front of my truck. It was a 28 yr old tennessee walker that weighed a little over a ton.
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I was 17 at the time of this accident which happened on April
19, 2000. I was on my way home from work around eleven p.m. When
I decided to pass a little slow moving vehicle (which later turned
out to be a young mom with an unrestrained little girl in the
car, around 4 yrs. old).Thank God I passed that car, because
if they had hit the horse it would have killed them. There was
definately someone watching out for me. A few miles later while
traveling around 65 miles an hour, something caught my eye to
the left of my 9 day old (used but only 9 days old to me) Explorer.
When I looked over I was very surprised to see 2 horses reared
up towards my truck. A second later, I hit the third horse that
was in front of my truck. It was a 28 yr old tennessee walker
that weighed a little over a ton.
On impact my truck when on two wheels down into a steep ditch.
I felt myself beginning to flip, when I turned my wheels (d!
on't know if that helped or what) but I came back down then went
back up the ditch and finally stopped in the same lane facing
the opposite direction. Amazingly, the only injury I had was
a very small and unnoticable cut on my left index finger on the
knuckle, and very nauseous (it was a disgusting mess) .
I was very confused and all I could think was how was I going
to fix my car before my parents saw it! I didn't realize that
it was more than a broken windshield untill the wrecker came
because it was so dark outside. When I got out I couldn't even
tell by looking at the horse what I had hit. Needless, to say,
poor horse, there wasn't much left of him... To find out the
people who were being paid to keep the horses were keeping them
in their front yard with out a complete fence on a highway...
Ericka from Alabama
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