horse killed

[samp]

Did anyone happy what happened to a horse killed in Hassocks yesterday in RTA

 

[JessPickle]

what thats very near me! what happened!!!!!!

 

[Rambo]

It's on the BBC News site :-

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/5408692.stm

Horse and cars passenger both killed, rider and driver okay

 

[sally2008]

Only what was on the local news this morning. Passenger in the car was killed, together with the horse. The female car driver and rider were both injured but not seriously. They were putting out appeals for the driver of a dark coloured 4x4 and a cyclist who were in the area to come forward.

It happended just after 7pm they said. Very, very sad.

 

[kerrylou123]

awww

 

[JessPickle]

Thats scary, its very close to me and literally next to my local tack shop! So very very sad

 

[KarenX]

OMG, thats awful. How tragic for all involved..

 

[Rambo]

FFS...What was the person doing riding out on the roads at 7pm last night

It was too dark to ride out at 6:30pm last night....

 

[sally2008]

Gave me shivers when I heard it on the radio this morning. I rushed out for a quick hack last night, met friends along the way and told them can't stop to chat as I've GOT to be home before dusk. We were back at the yard by 6.10pm and I thought that was pushing it a bit.

 

[Rambo]

I can't believe how quickly the evenings have gone in the last two weeks. We've lost about 50 minutes in a fortnight I reckon

 

[Weezy]

Rambo my first reaction was IDENTICAL to yours - FFS STAY OFF THE ROADS AT NIGHT - even lit up like a Christmas tree IT ISNT SAFE

My condolances to all involved but I cant help feeling that this is an accident that could have very much been prevented

 

[juliehannah58]

Definitely agreed, it's almost completely dark by 7pm now.

Very sad though, I know whats it's like out on a hack and time runs away with you, and like you say, the nights have drawn in sooooo quickly recently it's hard to know when you should be turning for home.

 

[barkinghorse]

On our yard it always seems to be the teenagers and those who don't drive that hack out in twilight.
Can't help wondering that if they drove, they would understand the hazards more,
until you drive at dusk or in rain you don't get the same slant on poor visibility.
what a tragic avoidable accident.............

 

[eventingdiva]

oh sh!t i use that road almost every day, havent heard who it was, does anyone know? i know so many people with yards along/near that road, hope it wasnt them

 

[tarbra]

Soo sad.

Awful thing to happen!

Wonder if the other car or bike were involved? Wouldn't want to pass any other comments until we know what actually happened to cause the accident.

 

[Super_Kat]

I used to hack out at dusk wearing a reflective and I had to do minimum roadwork and if I saw a car I'd get oneo the verge off the road.
Now that I've started driving I can see how bloody hard it is for drivers to see dark coloured horses so if I know I'll get caught out on the roads (I'm usually coming up the long farm drive when it starts to darken otherwise I'm riding around a quiet village) But I'm incredibly lucky in that I don't have to go out on the riads if I don't want to, I can just go into the school but if I were in a situation where It was go on the roads or not ride, my horses and other road users safety would come on top and the horse would stay in the field.
Such a tragedy that could so easily have been avioded

kat
xx

 

[Faithkat]

Absolutely agree, Weezy, but I dare say that the rider involved was one of those people who seem to be obsessed with the fact that their horse MUST be ridden every day. I know I'll probably get howled down but it is something that I really cannot understand. If the only opportunity you theoretically get to ride your horse is when it is dark and on the road, then I'm sorry, but you should just accept that it is not safe and restrict yourself to when it is safe and if that is only at the weekends then so be it - at least you'll both survive, not to mention not being a b****y nuisance on the roads - I don't accept that reflective gear is enough either!

 

[eventingdiva]

the thing i cant understand is why they weren't on the pavement, which yes i know your not suppose to but i've ridden from yards on that road and we always go on the pavement up that road. its a big wide pavement with a large grass verge, no-one ever says anything and i dont think ive actually ever seen someone ride on that bit of road, because they go on the pavement. esp at that time of night x

 

[tw1nn1ejo]

omg thats awful. so sad

RIP horse and passenger

 

[TGM]

Well as we don't know the facts it could have been that the horse was on the pavement but shied into the road for some reason?

 

[Rambo]

I hope the rider is well insured....despite their loss, there could be a considerable comeback on them from the relatives of the passenger

 

[eventingdiva]

just come back from work that way and the horse was on the wrong side of the road to have come off the pavement (if that makes sense?). pavement is on the other side of the road.
poor horse, so sad

 

[eventingdiva]

Sh*t
just found out who the horse was
she was such a lovely little mare, cant believe this has happened RIP x

 

[loopeepee]

I knew of this through work, tragic.
However - to be riding at night?

Also was it not the driver which was killed and not the passenger?

 

[H-J]

I notice they dont say much about the horse on the BBC page.

 

[H-J]

You cannot judge and presume what the rider is like if you do not know them!!

 

[Skhosu]

I think everyone's jumping to conclusions..
certainly over here dusk is just coming down around 7pm.
and how do you know the horse didn't spook?
She wasn't about to turn up her drive?
She had been caught out?
I think it's very harsh to say it was avoidable TBH when no-one knows the full circumstances

 

[eventingdiva]

the rider is very sensible and consciencious (sp)
the accident happened right outside the drive to the yard, so she had either just left or was just about to turn in x

 

[eventingdiva]

ok, apparently
horse was on grass verge going 'up hill'
car coming down the hill overtook a bike, car coming uphill swerved to avoid car coming downhill, went onto verge and hit horse.
car coming downhill drove off...

 

[iwtownsley]

oh no thats such a shame!!!!