Woman Charged With Drunk Horse Riding

[matcom]

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CLAYTON, Ga. --Well, that's a DUI of a different color. Heather Darnell, 22, of Mountain City, Ga., faces a drunk driving charge after she steered the horse she was riding onto the highway and tangled with a car, authorities said. Darnell also was cited for entering a traffic lane.

She remains in fair condition after being airlifted to the Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville, Ga.

The horse apparently survived, officials said.

Three people who were in the Pontiac Bonneville that struck the horse Friday night were treated at Mountain Lakes Medical Center in Clayton, Ga., and released: Ancella Gragg, 32, of Lakemont, Ga., who was at the wheel; and a 13-year-old girl and 9-year-old boy.

Trooper Anthony Coleman said Gragg did not see the horse until too late and was unable to avoid hitting it.

"If it's on the public right-of-way, you're under the same jurisdiction as if you're in a car," Coleman said.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/10/10/woman_charged_with_drunk_horse_riding?mode=PF

[Robb]

1. We seem to have one of these every year or so in Colorado

The part I was surprised about was revealed last year, when a fellow rode his horse into the local bar, picked up a woman who then fell off the back and cracked her skull in the parking lot. She'll never be the same.

In Colorado, apparently, there's some random provision in the state code that exempts people from responsibility for injuries to others while riding on their horse. Only with horses.

Go figger. :shrug:

[anarch]

2. I wasn't sure if this was a drunk person riding a horse, or

a person riding a drunk horse. Either way, it doesn't sound like a good thing to me.

[wildhorses]

3. I hope the horse is okay...

sorry,but honest to god!! and of course why am I NOT surprised its Clayton for fuck's sake!!:grr:



messes with my horses...cos of course THEY are all MINE! MINE! MINE!:P

[YankeyMCC]

4. Shouldn't that be RUI

Riding Under the Influence