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A horse from the Manhattan Carriage Company was pinned under a carriage after it collapsed on the animal near Columbus Circle.
The driver of a horse-drawn carriage lost control of his steed and flipped his rig on a busy midtown street Thursday.
The horse, named Chris, was trotting up Eighth Ave. near W. 57th St. when he suddenly bolted, struck a car and flipped its carriage shortly after 10 a.m.
The horse was pinned briefly under the carriage, but managed to get up after a group of Good Samaritans helped lift the rig.
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A horse-drawn carriage was severely damanged Thursday after a spooked horse went wild in Manhattan.
“He broke the whole front of the carriage and the fifth wheel. The harness trapped the back legs, and he stopped,” driver Frank Lou told DNA Info. “I didn’t do anything wrong. I did my job well. If I had gotten scared and jumped out [of the carriage], it would’ve been ten times worse.”
The runaway carriage struck three parked cars before it flipped and pinned the horse’s hind legs.
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A video posted on Instagram shows the horse struggling to get up before it receives help.
No one was hurt during the wild ride. Cops evaluated the animal at the stables, but determined it was in good condition.
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Carriage driver Frank Lou was driving down Eighth Avenue when the horse, named Chris, grew frightened near Columbus Circle.
The handler was questioned by police, but was not issued a summons for the accident, the spokeswoman said.
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There were at least two horse-drawn carriage accidents reported last year.
One horse struck an SUV in midtown, which left a bad wound on the animal’s head after it smashed the vehicle’s windshield in June 2012.
Two months later, a horse suddenly darted into traffic and tossed the driver and two passengers from its carriage before striking two cars.
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The horse-drawn carriage that flipped Thursday near Columbus Circle is towed away (at right).
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“It’s déjà vu all over again,” said Assembly member Linda Rosenthal (D-Manhattan), a strong opponent of horse-drawn carriages in the city.
“We’ve dodged a bullet this time, but eventually, someone or animal is bound to be seriously injured or killed.”
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