Tourist killed by bolting horse
A French woman suffered fatal head and chest injuries when a bolting horse charged into her on Saturday, it has emerged.Officials in Hinterglemm, Salzburg, said today (Mon) the 73-year-old on holiday with her husband died in an ambulance on its way to a nearby clinic after the dramatic incident.Police said the 16-year-old Haflinger pulling a carriage driven by a local pensioner, 67, had bolted and galloped over the woman standing on the sidewalk watching a local customs procession.It is not known what caused the horse to start nor whether the uninjured animal will be put down over the accident.This incident comes after a series of accidents involving Fiaker horse carriages in the federal capital Vienna.A Fiaker driver had to be hospitalised after he was run over by his own carriage earlier this year. The man got off his parked vehicle when his two horses bolted. The animals, reportedly startled by a passing tram, trampled over the man before coming to a halt after a few metres.An unnamed horse carriage raced through the Viennese city centre in another incident after being stirred up by the sound of a skateboard. The driver gave chase in a colleagues carriage. Two parked cars were damaged before the carriage was eventually halted after its one-kilometre ride.Horse carriages are a popular feature of local processions and traditional events, while thousands of tourists take them for a ride through the picturesque city centres of Vienna and Salzburg every year.