Wild accident in Scharnstein (Upper Austria). At full speed, a Noriker stallion had fallen out of its trailer and crashed onto the road. Witnesses calmed the horse. The owner initially did not notice the accident.
A 24-year-old from Laakirchen was driving his car and horse trailer on Friday around 4.45 p.m. on the B120 in the direction of Eisengatern. In the municipality of Scharnstein, his Noriker stallion in the locked trailer must have kicked out so massively that the two latches on the loading ramp ripped out and the ramp opened. Animal rolled Shortly thereafter, the horse fell onto the roadway of the B120 at full speed and, according to witnesses, rolled over several times . The driver didn’t notice the accident at first and continued his journey to Kirchham. Only then did the 24-year-old notice that the horse was no longer in the trailer and he drove back the route. However, he left the badly damaged trailer where it was. In Scharnstein he found his horse again. Luckily, the animal, which was only slightly injured, could be caught and calmed down by following horse drivers.
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