Bolting horse overturns carriage, injuring two in Schenkenfelden

A startled horse overturned a carriage at a Leonhardiritt event in Schenkenfelden, injuring the couple riding in it, ORF reported. The pair were dragged several metres before they managed to get free.

The accident happened at about 11 a.m. on Sunday. A 68-year-old Austrian man from Czechia was taking part in the event in the Mühlviertel with his horse and carriage. His 50-year-old wife was sitting beside him on the carriage seat when a shutter suddenly came down at a house and startled the horse.

The horse galloped off uncontrollably and hit a pavement edge, causing the carriage to tip over. It then pulled the carriage along the pavement between a residential building and parked vehicles, damaging three cars and the building’s facade.

The couple were taken to Freistadt Hospital after receiving first aid. Their injuries were of undetermined severity.