Horse killed in car collision in Cleveland
A horse has been killed after being hit by a car on busy main road in Cleveland last night (9 December).
It was one of four horses that had escaped onto the A19 at Elwick, near Hartlepool.
A spokesman for Cleveland police said: “The accident happened at about 10.30pm after four horses were running loose on the road. We do not know where they escaped from but are looking into it.”
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A graduate of Exeter University, Amy joined our news team from Redpin Publishing in 2008 as news writer. She was promoted to deputy news editor in May 2013 and became news editor in April 2015. She left Horse & Hound in March 2016 to take up an editorial position in Dubai.