Carriage hijacked, horse high-tails it for home
Police accept made an arrest is what appears to last a instance of carriage-jacking inwards St Louis, Missouri.
The incident occurred on Tuesday nearly 8.25pm close the corner of eighth Street in addition to Chestnut, equally the southbound wagon driver was returning to the barn.
It is alleged a human being jumped on the wagon in addition to striking the driver, identified inwards local media equally Larry Turner, of Granite City, over the caput amongst a cane, breaking the stick inwards the process.
Turner, 60, a onetime jockey, jumped from the wagon in addition to the offender took the reins.
The horse, Harry, a 10-year-old dark Percheron draft horse, sensed problem in addition to took off at a gallop dorsum towards his barn, but the carriage, operated yesteryear the St Louis Carriage Company, collided amongst a trolley machine merely equally it arrived at habitation base.
A barn employee emerged to take away Harry from his harness and, spotting trouble, worked desperately to split Harry from the carriage.
He did so, in addition to it is alleged the offender in addition to thence got off the wagon in addition to attacked the horse.
Meanwhile, 2 soldiers who saw the initial carriage-jacking unfold had stopped their machine in addition to picked upwards Turner. The 3 laid upwards off inwards pursuit of the carriage. They also arrived inwards fourth dimension to intervene to protect Harry.
A man, 40, has been arrested on charges of second-degree robbery, third-degree onslaught in addition to beast abuse.
Cash-only bail has been laid upwards at $US30,000 bail.
Harry was checked over yesteryear a veterinarian. The Equus caballus was given the adjacent solar daytime off in addition to received a massage.
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