An accident during a stampede of ponies in an equestrian center near Vitré (Ille-et-Vilaine) left 17 injured on Tuesday evening, including three children in absolute emergency.
An accident during a stampede of ponies in an equestrian center near Vitré (Ille-et-Vilaine) left 17 injured on Tuesday evening, including three children in absolute emergency, AFP learned Wednesday morning from the Rennes prosecutor’s office. According to the first elements of the investigation, “the children and two companions were taking around twenty ponies to the field. On the way, one of the ponies, probably the lead one, turned around for an undetermined reason, followed by others. In their flight, the animals jostled and knocked down the group,” said the prosecution.
Two facilitators and fifteen children in total were injured, the same source said, confirming information from France Bleu Armorique.
The facts took place shortly before 9:00 p.m. at the Haute-Hairie equestrian center, in Saint-M’Hervé, near Vitré. The site hosts a colony of 26 children aged 9 to 13. The investigation was entrusted by the Rennes prosecutor’s office to the Vitré Research Brigade.