Early Morning wreck Involves a Car Hitting a Horse
By: Karl Wehmhoener
Updated: July 2, 2012
AMARILLO -- Early this morning, Amarillo Police were sent to the 100 block of NW 24th on a car hitting a horse.
The driver was going east bound on the 100 block of NW 24th when a horse ran into the roadway.
The horse had been kept in a field south of the accident.
The horse had freed itself from being tied up to a tree.
The owner was trying to catch the horse when it ran out onto the road.
The driver and two other passengers were taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The incident is being investigated by the Traffic Investigation Squad of the Amarillo Police Dept.
The driver was going east bound on the 100 block of NW 24th when a horse ran into the roadway.
The horse had been kept in a field south of the accident.
The horse had freed itself from being tied up to a tree.
The owner was trying to catch the horse when it ran out onto the road.
The driver and two other passengers were taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The incident is being investigated by the Traffic Investigation Squad of the Amarillo Police Dept.
