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Three horses killed in late-night collision

12:23pm Monday 6th February 2012 in News By Will Frampton

THREE Horses were killed after being struck by a car on the A36 between Warminster and Standerwick at about 11.30pm last night.

The woman driver of a Mazda car received minor injuries, although the car was damaged in the collision and removed with a recovery vehicle.

Two of the horses, who are believed to have escaped from a nearby field, were killed outright. The third had to be humanely put down by armed police.

Around 10 horses were loose on the road at the time of the collision. Police believe all the remaining horses have been recovered.

The road was closed for about three hours while debris was removed.

An investigation into how the horses came to be on the road is being conducted by Avon and Somerset Police.

Comments(8)

redrum says...
5:39am Tue 7 Feb 12

This is terrible, those poor horses. Thank goodness nobody was seriously hurt in all this.

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trelawney says...
6:53am Tue 7 Feb 12

Terrible story

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bigbadjohn says...
3:58pm Tue 7 Feb 12

Poor Horses ? What about the poor motorists that could have been killed because someone cant keep their livestock secure !

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trelawney says...
5:56pm Tue 7 Feb 12

but they were not???

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msiladnav says...
4:48am Wed 8 Feb 12

That's EXACTLY what I told the judge at my Semtex trial. Silly fool still gave me eleven years.

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mazzer76 says...
1:14pm Wed 8 Feb 12

There is suspected sabotage involved so don't blame the owners, very sad indeed as some of the horses were carrying foals now sadly dead too and lucky it wasn't fatal to the motorist too.

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concon21 says...
8:21pm Wed 8 Feb 12

Hey... BIGBADJOHN.... the horses were let out of the field. the owner was not to blame as the bolts on the gate were cut off!
As a horse owner myself - we are always making sure that paddocks/fields/fenc
ing/gateways are secure!
This is a shocking and reprehensible.

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melkshamwizard says...
5:51pm Thu 9 Feb 12

the moron that cut the bolts off needs to be caught and locked up before someone is killed through thier actions,

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