Runaway Horse Ditches British Bride On The Way To The Wedding

A British bride says she is lucky to be alive after a horse drawing the carriage she was riding in bolted after being frightened by oncoming traffic. Sophie Clarke and her father were riding in the carriage on the way to St. Leonard’s Church in Bretforton, when the horse was spooked.

The driver and his assistant were both thrown to the ground, leaving Clarke and her father to fend for themselves. The hapless horse carried the pair for another mile and a half, onto a railway track. At that point, Bob Clarke pushed his daughter out of the carriage and then jumped as well. The groom was called to the scene and arrived to find his fiancée being attended to by paramedics.

The bride suffered cuts, bruises and a concussion and was taken to nearby Worcester Hospital for evaluation. She was released later that day. The ceremony was cancelled, but the couple have rescheduled the wedding for a date in January. The second attempt will be a quiet affair, attended only by the couple’s immediate family and close friends.

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