Crime & Safety

Horse Rescued from Hole, Dies

Injuries from the fall proved too much for vets to fix.

Update: A new report said that the horse died en route to UGA and was not put down.

Around 7 p.m. Monday night, got a call to Curtis Road in Hickory Flat where a horse had fallen into a hole.

Brittany Holt was riding the horse when she noticed that two of the riders and horses she was traveling with had difficulty crossing part of their trail. When her horse began to cross, the ground gave way and the horse began to sink. Holt told the Cherokee Emergency Services that she dove off the horse, but it began thrashing and got stuck even deeper.

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The large animal rescue team from Milton came and constructed an A-Frame to pul the animal out.


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