Troopers corral highway horses in Westport

Posted 5/2/23

Here's something you don't see every day, per the Massachusetts State Police:

"Who doesn’t like a little walk after breakfast some days? (Monday) morning before 8, two horses somehow got …

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Troopers corral highway horses in Westport

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Here's something you don't see every day, per the Massachusetts State Police:

"Who doesn’t like a little walk after breakfast some days? (Monday) morning before 8, two horses somehow got loose from their stable at a private residence and took a morning trot onto Route 88. Troopers from the State Police Troop D Community Action Team, the State Police-Dartmouth Barracks, and our Mounted Unit responded to help wrangle the wayward duo. The horses’ owner had already found the horses and had control of one of them when troopers arrived on scene. Trooper Alex Boswell, who apparently watches a lot of western movies, was able to get a rope onto the second horse, and he and the owner walked the horses back home, their morning adventure now complete."

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