Driver of slaughter bound horse trailer crash in Tenn issued multiple citations

News Channel 5 Nashville reports:

Horses from Three Angels Farms are transferred from collapsed trailer on I-440 south of Nashville. The trailer was on the way to slaughter house in Mexico, police say. The driver received multiple citations. This is the second accident this year involving horses being trucked to slaughter by Dorian Ayache’s Three Angels Farm in Lebanon. Source image.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Following a truck inspection, the driver of a tractor trailer carrying horses that buckled on a local interstate, causing one of the horses to be put down, has been issued several misdemeanor citations.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol cited 42-year-old Scott E. York for operating a commercial vehicle without a commercial driver license (CDL), no commercial tag, log book violation, brake violation, defective tire and unsafe operations.

York was driving the trailer carrying 37 horses from Three Angels Farm to Texas when it buckled on its own.

Horses surviving the crash were transferred to another trailer and later continued on their journey to slaughter.

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At least one slaughter bound horse killed in Tennessee trailer crash

UPDATE: Unconfirmed reports on Twitter say that three horses died.

News Channel 5 in Nashville reports:

Tennessee horse slaughter trailer that crashed south of downtown Nashville. At least one horse has been put down. Source image.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Traffic was slowed on Tuesday afternoon after a horse trailer wrecked on Interstate 440 westbound, south of downtown Nashville.

It happened around 12:45 p.m. at the split from I-24, near mile marker 7.

It was unclear what caused the crash, but the horse trailer was bent in the middle.

Officials said the horses were being taken from Lebanon to Mexico.

Thirty-six of the horses inside had to be moved to another trailer while one had to be euthanized when [he] couldn’t stand up.

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Steeplechaser Arcadius dies after winning $150,000 Iroquois

Arcadius is loaded into a trailer after collapsing and dying as he was being cooled down after winning the $150,000 Iroquois Steeplechase horse race at Percy Warner Park, Saturday, May 12, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. (George Walker IV- AP Photo/The Tennessean)

(AP) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Arcadius collapsed and died as he was being cooled down after winning the $150,000 Iroquois Steeplechase at Percy Warner Park on Saturday.

The 8-year-old gelding collapsed at a station placed just beyond the finish line of the 3-mile race.

Dr. Marty McInturff, one of five official veterinarians on the course, said Arcadius succumbed from “a heart attack” and a possible aneurysm. The results of a necropsy examination are expected Monday at the earliest.

The bay gelding raced for the Hudson River Farm of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., real estate executive Edward Swyer and Hall of Fame trainer Jonathan Sheppard. Arcadius was making his second start this season and the 21st of his career dating to 2008. During that time, he won six races, including the $100,000 Helen Haskell Simpson at Monmouth Park in 2010.

The $90,000 winner’s share of the Iroquois purse raised Arcadius’ career earnings past $300,000. Continue reading >>