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| Six hurt as horse bolts at crowd | |
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| Two people have sustained fractured ankles and a pregnant woman is being treated for shock after being hit by a bolting horse at a show in Hampshire. | Two people have sustained fractured ankles and a pregnant woman is being treated for shock after being hit by a bolting horse at a show in Hampshire. |
| The Shire horse was part of a heavy horse event in Southsea when it ran into the crowd at about 1500 BST. | The Shire horse was part of a heavy horse event in Southsea when it ran into the crowd at about 1500 BST. |
| The pregnant woman was taken to hospital as a precaution and treated for shock. A man in his 20s and a woman went to hospital with fractured ankles. | The pregnant woman was taken to hospital as a precaution and treated for shock. A man in his 20s and a woman went to hospital with fractured ankles. |
| Three other injured people were treated by St John Ambulance at the show. | Three other injured people were treated by St John Ambulance at the show. |
| People were screaming as they saw it coming Eyewitness Alan East | |
| Eyewitness Alan East from Southsea, said: "You could see the horse didn't look happy as it was being paraded around, it was kicking out. | |
| "Then it careered off round the field and suddenly crashed through a fence and it was away. | |
| "People were screaming as they saw it coming. There were lots of children running around and it was lucky it didn't hit any of them. | |
| "Fairly quickly the horse was held back and taken back to the stables, people were very shocked, three people were on the ground. | |
| "It was very lucky more people were not hurt, it is a big animal." | |
| Siobhan Hand from St John Ambulance said: "Three people were taken to hospital with broken bones and shock. | Siobhan Hand from St John Ambulance said: "Three people were taken to hospital with broken bones and shock. |
| "A further three people were treated at our first aid points at the scene." | "A further three people were treated at our first aid points at the scene." |
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