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Horse, riders thrown in accident near Firth

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By the Lincoln Journal Star

Friday, Sep 07, 2007 - 12:29:39 pm CDT

A horse and its riders were thrown Thursday night when a car crested to the top of a small hill about six miles southeast of Firth and saw them riding on the road.

Charlotte Vieth and her 7-year-old son, Joseph, were taken to the hospital for minor injuries after they and the horse they were riding were thrown over Fredrick Boesiger’s ‘87 Oldsmobile Cutlass, Chief Deputy Lancaster County Sheriff Bill Jarrett said.

He said Boesiger of Firth had been driving west on Pella Road at about 9 p.m. when he came over a small hill to see them on the horse coming toward him on the road. They’d been nearing their home. The woman’s daughter, 15-year-old Tristyn, was walking a dog near the shoulder of the other lane.

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Jarrett said Boesiger swerved to try to avoid a collision with the horse and the pedestrian, but the horse moved toward the car and was hit, throwing the horse and Veith and her young son over the car.

The 15-year-old horse had severe injuries and was shot.

Deputies issued no citations.


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Sad Story wrote on September 7, 2007 1:01 pm:
" Very sad story. My condolences for the lost of the horse, and glad that the human beings are all right. It's pretty dark by 9PM now, especially when there are clouds in the sky. I put my horses in the barn about 8:30 - and it was pretty dark. "

 LJS Reader wrote on September 7, 2007 1:40 pm:
" I could be wrong here, but I believe the accident happened northwest of Firth. Pella road is a mile north of Firth and if you look up the accident victims address you end up about 6 miles northwest of Firth. That took me a whole 2 minutes to figure it out. If you can't even get these little facts right, well, you draw a conclusion there. All that aside, I am very sorry to hear for the loss of their horse, I am sure it was a tramatic experience for all involved. "

 Following Orders wrote on September 7, 2007 2:15 pm:
" It is pretty dark at 9pm this time of year, especially out in the sticks. That poor horse was just walking where it was directed to walk by the rider. "

 Greg wrote on September 7, 2007 2:57 pm:
" It's great that the riders are okay, but too bad about the horse. Putting a horse down is tough...I don't like road riding for this very reason. Not to say we haven't done some, I just am biting my nails until we can get off the roadway. "

 Charley wrote on September 7, 2007 4:00 pm:
" Why wasn't the driver of the car charged with "horse murder"? LOL :) "

 Sarah wrote on September 7, 2007 4:34 pm:
" always remember, horse are like deer. For some reason they want to come to the car. Always try to stop and not swerve, chances are you'll hit them anyway, as noted in this story. Same thing happened to my mom and sister, they were in the car, the horse ran out of the ditch, no rider thank goodness, sadly the horse was put down. "

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