Loose horse on motorway causes traffic chaos
A horse caused traffic chaos early this morning (13 February) when a loose horse escaped onto a motorway in Lancashire.
The horse had escaped from a nearby field onto the M55 near junction 4, for Blackpool, at 5.40am.
Part of the motorway was closed while the horse was captured.
A spokesman from Lancashire Police told H&H: “Two vehicles were in a road traffic accident this morning when they collided while trying to avoid the horse.
“Police secured the horse to a nearby railing and notified the owner, who picked up the horse at 6.50am.”
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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.