“Elisa’s horses took fright at new year celebration – became a hit on the road”
“Elisa Thorells new year’s eve was not that she thought itself. When midnight approached she caught sight of their horses taken from the pasture and now ran freely on the great highway – until a car hit them and killed the horse of Stirling. “
“– I saw directly that he would not survive, ” says Elisa. “
“Elisa Thorell, 26, was on his way home to be at home with their five horses to wait for the new year. But things went not as planned. “
“Suddenly, she saw the and his partner that the horses taken from the pasture and ran loose on route 373 outside Svensbyn in Piteå, sweden where they live. She called the monitoring station and tried along with them in the handset to handle the situation. “
“She believes that the horses escaped from the pasture, for they become frightened. “
“I did everything to get them to slow down but couldn’t get any contact with them because they were so skärrade,” says Elisa to Aftonbladet. “
“After nearly a one-mile rides lowered the horses to speed. She and my partner jumped out off the car to get fixed a few of them – it is when Elisa saw a car that was heading straight towards them. “
“– When I saw the car come in so high speed, I knew that this will go really bad, ” says Elisa. “
“”It was terrible to lose him””
“Elisha was himself forced to run away from the road, and her partner had to jump down in the trench so as not to get hit. They were but three of the horses were left on the road. “
“It was the horse Stirling, Elisha’s twelve-year-old dressyrhäst, had to take the brunt. Afterwards he suffered so much from his wounds to Elisa, called a hunter, who could bring an end to his suffering. “
“– I saw directly that he would not survive and I didn’t want to see him suffer for he had terrible pain, ” she says. “
“The other horses were taken to the vet and have survived the accident even though the two of them received serious injuries. Elisa has not had any contact with the driver. After the accident, she was in shock so she had no opportunity to talk with him. “
“the Days after the accident has been sorrowful. Stirling was a horse that close to her. It was her best dressyrhäst which competed with for many years. “
” – We had many plans for this year to qualify for the higher classes, it felt like this was our tävlingsår. It was terrible to lose him, ” she says. “
