Horse killed in bizarre crash on New England Thruway in Bronx; pony survives

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The tractor trailer was nearing exit 9 near Harding Ave. in Throggs Neck when the driver lost control of the rig about 2 a.m.
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A bizarre accident occurred on the New England Thruway near the Hutchenson River Parkway in the Bronx when a truck towing a horse trailer went off the roadway and slid for nearly 100 yards before just missing a sign stantion and crashing into the divider. Two occupants of the truck were injured and treated by Medics. In the trailer was a pony and a horse. The horse was killed in the accident, the pony was removed by police in one of their horse transport trailers to an undisclosed location.
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One horse died at the scene.

By Thomas Tracy | ttracy@nydailynews.com | New York Daily News

PUBLISHED: June 6, 2019 at 10:28 a.m. | UPDATED: June 6, 2019 at 9:34 p.m.

A tractor-trailer carrying two horses flipped over on the Cross Bronx Expressway early Thursday, killing one of the animals, officials said.

The tractor trailer was nearing exit 9 near Harding Ave. in Throggs Neck when the driver lost control of the rig about 2 a.m. The truck careened off the road, overturned and slid for more than 100 yards before slamming into a divider, officials said.

Medics took the driver and a passenger to Jacobi Medical Center with minor injuries.

The tractor trailer was nearing exit 9 near Harding Ave. in Throggs Neck when the driver lost control of the rig about 2 a.m.

One horse died at the scene. Members of the NYPD Mounted Unit were called in with a horse trailer to take the surviving horse, a pony, to an undisclosed location for treatment.

Cops are still investigating what sparked the crash.