NEW YORK -- A horse-drawn carriage driver was hospitalized in critical condition after the animal bolted for blocks through midtown Manhattan, crashing into a station wagon and leaving the man in a pool of blood, witnesses and police said.

"It was horrifying," said Robyn Hussa, who saw the horse racing through traffic Monday night. "It was like a nightmare."

The animal, which had no passengers in its carriage, smashed into the station wagon at 50th Street and Ninth Avenue around 9:30 p.m., injuring two men in the car, fire department Chief Jim Hodgens said.

The white and black horse was euthanized due to its injuries, said police Detective Bernard Gifford.

http://www.wnbc.com/news/5812876/detail.html

This is why there should be no horse-drawn carriages in a busy city. I heard the horse only broke his leg. Why are horses put the sleep just for that? Poor horsie, poor people, poor everything!

:( Sad, sad news.

Poor horse. :cry:

i think the reason they shoot horses who have a broken leg or two is that they constantly have to be on their four legs. there's no way to keep a horse off it's feet unless you chain it down or something, but that is bad for them too.

since there would be constant weight on the injury, i think the bone would have a hard time healing. i heard this from my sister who is about to graduate from vet school.

*i never have or will support animal exploitation. something always happens at the expense of the poor animals.

This was on our Good Morning America show. Supposedly the horse broke it's shoulder and leg. I was very saddened by the news. :(

This is why there should be no horse-drawn carriages in a busy city. I heard the horse only broke his leg. Why are horses put the sleep just for that? Poor horsie, poor people, poor everything!
I agree completely. And why would you go on a horse-drawn carriage when you have 10,000 OTHER ways to ruin the enviornment?