Horse Crashes Through Park Bridge, Rescued By Emergency Crews

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — Firefighters rushed to Patuxent River State Park this past weekend to provide assistance to Montgomery County emergency workers after a horse had fallen partway through a bridge.

Crews were at the scene for around three hours and were joined by Park Police and a veterinary team to help safely free the horse from the bridge.

Initially, Montgomery County firefighters and paramedics were looking for an injured person who had called for help around 1:40 p.m., but stumbled upon the stuck horse.

The horse's leg had fallen through a wooden pedestrian bridge and it had become stuck. Veterinarians sedated the horse, and by 4:10 p.m., crews were able to lift the horse out of the bridge.

According to reports, the horse's leg wasn't broken, but it did suffer soft tissue damage.

The injured person was found by crews and refused transportation to the hospital. That incident wasn't related to the horse crashing through the bridge.