Update: A new report said that the horse died en route to UGA and was not put down.
Around 7 p.m. Monday night, Cherokee County emergency responders got a call to Curtis Road in Hickory Flat where a horse had fallen into a hole.
Brittany Holt was riding the horse when she noticed that two of the riders and horses she was traveling with had difficulty crossing part of their trail. When her horse began to cross, the ground gave way and the horse began to sink. Holt told the Cherokee Emergency Services that she dove off the horse, but it began thrashing and got stuck even deeper.
The large animal rescue team from Milton came and constructed an A-Frame to pull the animal out.
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Scott Hanna
9:59 am on Friday, June 8, 2012
Why did he die? In the 5th picture it looks like they don't have secured propery. His back half is just hanging unsupported with all his weight concentrated under his front legs. Could that have causd trauma or suffocation? Anyway, it's sad.