Car strikes and kills escaped horse

By TOM KANE

	TRR photo by Tom Kane Volunteer emergency workers transported Suzanne Gibbons following a Thursday accident on County Road 23. (Click for larger image)

NARROWSBURG, NY — A horse that broke away from a corral looking for fresh grass jumped through an electric barrier strip and was struck by a car on County Road 23 in the Town of Tusten. The accident occurred around 3:00 p.m. on November 6.

The car, driven by Thomas Gibbons of Narrowsburg, struck the horse while traveling north towards Route 97.

“Actually, there were two horses on the road so I had double trouble trying to avoid them,” Gibbons said. “One of them I just couldn’t avoid.”

The horse’s head crashed through the window and struck Gibbon’s wife, Suzanne, who was a front-seat passenger. The Gibbons’ two children, aged two and four, were in the rear seat in car seats.

“Glass was all over me and some imbedded in my skin,” Suzanne said. “Thank God the children weren’t hurt, although broken glass was all over them and their car seats.”

Suzanne was taken to Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale, PA, where she was treated for minor contusions and released.

“The children were very disturbed by the accident especially my younger one,” she said.

The Gibbons came into The River Reporter office this past Tuesday to learn the names of some of the emergency staff that took care of them.

“I am enormously grateful to the Narrowsburg Fire Company and the Tusten Ambulance people who were so kind and considerate, especially to my children,” she said.

The 12-year-old horse, called Desiree, was owned by Andrea Reynosa of Skydog Farm.