A MESA, ARIZONA, MAN IS IN THE HOSPITAL with serious injuries following a stagecoach accident Saturday afternoon. The 75-yr.-old man who as not been publicly identified, had hitched four horses to his carriage that had a stage-coach design and was taking them for a ride through town around 3:30 pm.
Shortly after setting out, a dog started barking at them and it spooked the two lead horses who then took off at a gallop, dragging the second pair behind them. Somehow the man was pitched off his driver’s seat and was also dragged along for a short ways. The wild ride only lasted for about 75 feet, but the man suffered some severe road-rash injuries, some of them going down to the bone.
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The two rear horses also recieved some road burn, but they are ok and are not in need of any extensive treatment. A man on a motorcycle who was just ahead of the team had to lay his bike down to avoid being run over, but he was uninjured.
Sources:
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Mesa Fire Dept.
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