Horrible accident
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Flame_
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Yeah, horrible. I had a blowout in the truck the other day on the motorway without a horse on. Getting nervous about transporting horses in general now.
Flame_
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ETA It looks amazing that the other horse got out ok. (Don't know what happened there, it was meant to be an edit)
Keira 8888
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This was 5 minutes from my house ? So awful
Upthecreek
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It’s a horrible reminder of what can go wrong. Fortunately towing incidents like this aren’t very common, but I have to try not to think about it too much or I will probably end up spending a fortune buying another lorry ?
SEL
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I saw one on the other side of the M40 a few years back. Owner was out with head in her hands and police were looking into over turned trailer. No one seemed in a rush so I guess fatal - I felt upset all day and just wanted to give that poor owner a huge hug
Ownedby4horses
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Absolutely horrifying. Thoughts are with everyone involved.x
BeckyFlowers
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Poor horse, and feel so sorry for the driver ?
tiahatti
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How dreadful and tragic.
ester
Not slacking multitasking
Oh I'd heard they were ok 
Amun
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Horrible, I feel so sorry for the dead horse. I'm glad at least the other one made it.
Frumpoon
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Was it a blowout? Or a too-small towing vehicle?
Merry neddy man
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Looking at the picture the car and trailer are facing the wrong direction so possibly snaking and jacknifed, a sad result but pleased one survived.
Frumpoon
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I can’t make out the towing vehicle, what is it?
scruffyponies
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Just about anything can turn over. 4x4s are easier to turn than cars because of high centre of gravity. The only one I have personally seen on its roof was a defender.
Weight distribution is also a factor. It's worth checking your nose-weight, and putting a jerry of water in the front if necessary - it vastly improves stability.
Frumpoon
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It’s my worst nightmare
I think it’s lorry time
I think it’s lorry time
Merry neddy man
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It does not show a vehicle on its side but on the 1st picture a dark vehicle is facing the other direction by the 2 cones on the left it maybe the towing vehicle that has been uprighted after the accident ready to be removed by recovery people as it would not be driveable and it is not there on the 2nd picture. ( just my thoughts that may be wrong)
Michen
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insensitive assumption.
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luckyoldme
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I remember one of these posts where everyone was speculating about the accident and the person involved read it.The horse world is a small world and it's really easy to unintentionally add to someone's distress.
There really are hundreds of reasons something like this can happen.
Frumpoon
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And for the person keen to avoid a similar outcome, how would you suggest eliminating the various factors?
Frumpoon
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You’re a bully, pick on someone else for a change!
There are at least two other people above who’ve queried the cause of the crash and once again you’ve chosen to pick on me
Forget it, I’m not your victim!
meleeka
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Horrific. The rescue went on for hours too, the poor owner ? Speculating as to the cause isn’t helpful. We will probably never find out what happened, and why should we? Everyone who travellers horses ought to be doing their own risk assessments anyway.
Thoughts are with all those involved.
Thoughts are with all those involved.
scats
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Absolutely horrific. There’s so many risks involved with travelling horses, I think if we thought too much about it, none of us would do it.
Thoughts are with the owner.
Thoughts are with the owner.
Tiddlypom
Carries on creakily
Towing on an otherwise empty motorway would eliminate many of the 'other factors'.
You can have the best set up (which I do), keep it well maintained (which I also do), drive it carefully and sensibly (tick), but the general standard of driving is so poor these days that you are at the mercy of numpties and their daft decisions behind the wheel.
Then there are lorry grooves and unfilled potholes, even on major motorways.
No idea what caused this awful accident, but my thoughts are with those involved and the connections of the horses.
Michen
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I must have missed the other posts and just seen yours then, but I still can’t find them..
Certainly wasn’t meaning to “pick on” you, but apologies if it feels like that.
But it was,IMO, an insensitive post.
Lipglosspukka
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I agree with you.
Nobody else has speculated that this could be the drivers fault. It's very insensitive to do so.
Widgeon
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This is why I have no plans ever to tow on a motorway or big dual carriageway. Obviously that's entirely impractical for anyone in areas where you can't get around without using them (luckily I can, up here) but I'm just too scared of the potential consenquences of other people's terrible driving. There's far too much that is entirely out of the driver's control.
Ellibelli
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Whilst this is great in theory, I'm sure horses get a much more comfortable ride on a dual carriageway or motorway and so I tend to take the opposite view and try to avoid single carriageways -both have their pro's and cons
Laafet
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It does worry me, a friend lost one of her horses in a trailer accident on the M25. Not her fault, slowing down as there was queueing traffic and an inattentive car driver swerved into the back of the trailer, it flipped on its side. One of the horses broke his leg and had to be put down on there. Truly harrowing for all involved.
CanteringCarrot
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Different country and different drivers but I also purposely go on dual carriageways. Otherwise it is typically very narrow, curvy (sharp curves), and hilly roads. Maitenance of these roads really varies and they can be quite rough. So we usually go on the Autobahn but the "B" roads here can be quite ok too.
It's actually harder on my horse and auto when I travel these hilly, steep, windy rough roads in order to avoid a dual carriageway.
So I think it sort of depends on where you are too. If you have good, wide, nice to drive back roads, then go for it. We actually get more idiots trying to pass a trailer on back roads because we have to go slower to accomodate these hills and sharp turns. They'll blindly pass even though they can't see if there is oncoming traffic or not. Much easier for them to pass a trailer on a dual carriageway.