Spectacular images, shared on social networks, showed two of these animals, one white covered in blood and the other black, galloping at high speed down an avenue. The images.
Several British Army horses escapedsowing panic in the center of London and injuring at least four people before being controlled.
Spectacular images, shared on social networks, showed two of these animals, one white covered in blood and the other black, galloping at high speed down an avenue, overtaking a motorcycle and crashing into a taxi after passing a red light.
“Several army horses escaped during a routine exercise this morning,” confirmed an army spokesperson.
A total of seven horses escaped
“All horses have been checked and returned to their camp. Several employees and horses were injured and are receiving appropriate medical treatment,” added the same source.
Ambulance services said they intervened around 8:25 a.m. local time (07:25 GMT) to help a person who had fallen from a horse near the Buckingham Palace, an area where the stables of several army regiments are located.
Ambulances went to three different locations and transported four people to hospitals.
British media reported that Several horses were seen running loose, citing witnesses who reported that a taxi and a bus ended up with their windows broken.
“I looked in the rearview mirror and saw them coming right behind me. At the time I had two customers behind me, so I was worried about them,” a taxi driver named Robbie told the BBC.
“Fortunately they continued forward, but they were going fast,” he added.
The police reported that they had captured two of the animals in the district of Limehousemore than eight kilometers east of the Buckingham Palace.
Source: Ambito
