Officer Injured in Fall from Horse

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(1:35 p.m.)

An officer assigned to the HRP Mounted Unit was injured after she fell from the horse she was riding this afternoon.

At 12:35 p.m., the officer was on Citadel Hill when the horse she was riding, Cruiser (Cruise) slipped causing the officer to fall from the horse. She sustained a non-life threatening injury to her leg and was taken to hospital. Cruise was rounded up a short while later. He was not injured during the incident.

A patrol vehicle that was responding to assist the injured officer was involved in a collision with another vehicle at the intersection of Rainnie Drive and Ahearn Avenue. The officer driving the patrol car and the woman in the other vehicle were checked at the scene by EHS and released. The accident is under investigation.