Driver injured & 3 horses dead after accident.
Not sure which horses died or what trainer/barn they were with.
Updated info
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Awful. 
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Where was the other driver? No mention.
There were no grooms in the trailer. Lucky for them.
So sad.
What other driver?
Lots of team driving in horse vans.
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I would guess so, especially as they were transporting horses, it would be best to have another person riding shotgun in case of emergency.
It’s a 600 mile trip though, I don’t know the DOT rules, but a 600 mile trip doesn’t seem as if it would require two drivers, if the driver had a proper amount of sleep before starting off.
It’s a shame, and I hope survivors human and equine make it.
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Agree. Plus surely that’s a dedicated run. And it is hard to tell but I don’t think there is a full sleeper on that tractor.
How tragic.
Jingles for all the horses and their connections.
Here is one of the horses, Vitement, after the accident:
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10163380840678146&id=768188145&mibextid=oFDknk&rdid=LQfQ7XWiicxqP5t4
Here he is coming home:
https://twitter.com/wiley77/status/1774844668368351615
And ten minutes later, turned out sedated:
https://twitter.com/wiley77/status/1774850523012681962?t=f8FXOj6hfDZAALjz9fmn9w&s=19
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I may have missed it mentioned, what caused the accident?
