BERLIN – A horse was struck and killed near the bridge at Assateague Island National Seashore Thursday evening.
Park officials announced today that at about 8 p.m. Thursday, the 18-year-old stallion known as Jester was hit and killed on the causeway near the Verrazzano Bridge.
“We’re heartbroken,” said Assateague Island National Seashore Superintendent Deborah Darden “We’re so sorry to have lost Jester.”
Though the accident is still under investigation, Darden said the horse was struck by a 2005 Honda Element driven by a 70-year-old woman from Silver Spring. Darden said the woman informed park officials of the accident as soon as it occurred and told them she hadn’t seen the animal standing in the road.
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I can understand hitting a dog or a deer. But how do you not see a huge add horse standing in the road?
ReplyDeleteI understand and read the article in regards to the time. But it's a horse. Idc how dark it was it's still a big ass animal. I've never seen any of the small deer on the island struck.
Deletelol that’s bc most animals move out of the roadway. horses stand still.
Delete9:24 It is called 70 years old and driving at night on a dark road.
ReplyDeleteNot really. I thought it was REALLY DARK as I was driving there one night, until I realized there were two horses blocking the road ahead. Don't be so critical unless you've been driving there at night!
DeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteI can understand hitting a dog or a deer. But how do you not see a huge add horse standing in the road?
October 10, 2017 at 9:24 AM:
Did you see the time of the collision? It was 8:00 PM. That's already dark, at this time of year. Dark animal, lights on dim, lights shine on road under animal (not on body of animal), easy to hit animal without seeing it in the dark. No mystery there. Horses have been hit on that road for as long as I can remember, even when I worked there back in the late sixties.
I'm with 9:24 How could you not see a horse in the road> Most likely asleep at the wheel or texting/talking on the phone.
ReplyDeleteNo one hits key deer in the Keys now that there is a fence down either side of the entire road and cross unders for the the deer.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteI'm with 9:24 How could you not see a horse in the road> Most likely asleep at the wheel or texting/talking on the phone.
October 10, 2017 at 10:44 AM:
A 70 year old was not likely talking/texting like some millennial would. See October 10, 2017 at 9:41 AM for the answer on how could you not see a horse in the road. IT WAS DARK, not broad daylight.
Dark animal with no reflective surfaces standing still against the lights of the mainland, who knows. Sad none the less.
ReplyDeleteSpeed limit ? Bet you wouldn't say that if it were a child
DeleteWhy was she there at dark?
ReplyDeleteBye, bye, Lil’ Sebastian
ReplyDeleteYea, they don't have reflectors.
ReplyDeleteI had not thought about it but you are right.
It would be very difficult to see them standing there.
A deer usually "runs out in front of the car" sometimes, even aims at the headlight.
But a horse was standing there for a while, and made no effort to move out of the way.
Oh please it's a mangy old wild Pony. We have cashed in on that novelty so long now and they are such a filthy sickly lot. No one remembers Misty or any of that nostalgic BS. Those ponies they sell at Pony Penning get hauled off and die. Ever been to the Misty Museum.......that taxidermist obviously never stuffed anything larger than a Squirrel. It's all maintained for tourism. Id would rather visit a Perdue museum with Frank Stuffed.
ReplyDelete7:41- What an amazing life you must lead!
ReplyDeleteWhat a d-bag!
October 10, 2017 at 4:10 PM:
ReplyDeleteThose "horses" are ponies. Haven't you ever been to Assateague? They are small horses, not standard breds or work horses. And easy not to see in the dark. As long as the parks do not fence in the roadways, horses and deer will be hit. Been happening for as long as cars have been allowed on the island.