Rescue drama for horse left hanging over a Hampshire by-pass

Rescue workers have struggled to free a horse which was left hanging off the back of its box as its owner was driving along a by-pass.

The unlucky animal jumped over the partition of its horse box as its owner drove along a bypass in Twyford, and was rescued by Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service last night.

Crews were alerted to the trapped horse on the B335 in Twyford, after its owner heard a noise and pulled over to investigate. The three-year-old cob had jumped over the partition in the box into a narrow access area across the front of the van.

Crews from Winchester controlled the situation and requested the help of a vet before the animal rescue team arrived.

Vet David Languish from Animed heavily sedated the horse before crews could cut the partition away in order to free the cob.