OPELOUSAS, La. – It was a hit-and-run accident where the offending party rode away on his horse.
Opelousas police continue to investigate a Wednesday horse race through the center of this town of 16,000, reports The Daily World. It ended with one rider racing through a stop sign and colliding with a minivan on a busy street.
Witnesses say two young men were racing when one hit the minivan. The driver of the van wasn’t hurt, but the horse smashed its head through a side window and hit the van hard enough to leave a dent.
“They passed right in front of our school,” said Julius Alsandor, assistant principal at South Street Elementary School and an Opelousas alderman. “They were flying just like if they were racing at Evangeline Downs.”
Evangeline Downs is a local horse racing track.