North Yorkshire firefighters rescue horse following collision on Harrogate village road

Firefighters from the North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service responded to a road collision involving a horse yesterday afternoon.

Fire crews from Harrogate and Ripon attended to a single vehicle road traffic collision where a 7.5 tonne horse box had left the roadway in Killinghall at 12.07pm on Monday (January 2).

Crews stabilised the vehicle using a trifor winch and stabfast stabilisation equipment to allow the owner to remove the horse safely from the rear of the vehicle.

The incident was then left with the police.

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