Nearly 50 people, most of them children, were injured when 100 horses were spooked and threw them during a torch-lit evening ride in northern Germany.
Published: 6:44PM BST 27 Aug 2010
The group of 100 riders, most of them aged eight to 17, headed out late on Thursday for the ride when several of the animals panicked, throwing off their riders and trampling them, police in the German town of Lethen said.
Forty-four people were injured in the crush, several of them seriously.
One 14-year-old girl remained in critical condition in hospital on Friday.
Several adults were accompanying the group, which had set out from the holiday stable, where they had been staying, police said.
It was not immediately clear what caused the horses to panic.
From: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/7967774/Scores-of-children-injured-when-horses-spooked-on-torch-lit-ride-in-Germany.html
Saturday, August 28, 2010
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