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Police Horse Dies After Cods Match

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A police horse has died outside of Blackpool FC's Bloomfield Road stadium after being injured
The horse, called Morecambe, came into contact with a metal pole on Seasiders Way at around 5:20pm following the Fylde coast derby.

As a result he suffered a serious injury to his stomach and despite receiving urgent medical attention from a vet, he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Morecambe’s rider has been taken by air ambulance to Royal Preston Hospital with some injuries. It is believed he fell into the side of a horse box after Morecambe was injured.

Ch Insp Sue Bushell of Lancashire Constabulary’s Mounted branch, said: “We are all completely devastated by the loss of Morecambe in such tragic circumstances.
“The horses are a big part of our police family and Morecambe will be sorely missed by his riders and many colleagues from across the force.
“Our thoughts remain with our injured colleague at this extremely difficult time.”
 
Plenty of plod around the ground and also heard lots of sirens after the game. They do need to question lettimg both sets of fans out on to Bloomfield Rd at the same time though. The double decker bus with their youth on was funny as fuck though. More OB than fans on it for their safe passage and they were banging on the windows giving it large. They then proceeded to drive it through Pool fans down BR where a solitary Pool fan reanacted theTianamin Square tank scene.
They would have chite themselves if Pool had got on
 
Police have moved to clear up confusion that followed a horse’s death after the Blackpool v Fleetwood Town match yesterday.

The force initially said the horse, called Morecambe, “came into contact with a metal pole” in Seasiders Way at around 5.20pm, leading to speculation online.

But a spokeswoman today told The Gazette the animal “slipped and fell against the metal barrier at the pedestrian crossing” in an accident that has left officers devastated.

The male officer riding Morecambe was airlifted to Royal Preston Hospital after falling into the side of a horse box and is understood to be recovering well, though he remained in hospital this morning.

An emergency vet was called to Seasiders Way, but the horse died after suffering a fatal injury to his stomach.
Writing on Facebook, Dean Furness said he saw the accident happen. He said: “The horse lost its footing or a shoe and slipped straight into the pole causing the massive injury to the left hand side of its body.”
He said the officer riding Morecambe “did a brilliant job of getting it back to its horse transport box where sadly the horse went down against the side of the horse box, crushing the officer”.
Ch Insp Sue Bushell of Lancashire Police’s Mounted branch, said: “We are all completely devastated by the loss of Morecambe in such tragic circumstances.
 
poxy mirror headline something like.. police dies after being speared at football match. most will be giving it those hooligans at it again. sounds like a tragic accident, the reports now say the officer is ok, a sad end for the poor animal.
 
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