Vehicle movement congestion - Law enforcement helps equestrian navigate congested route using blinking police signals.
In Schwanau (Ortenaukreis), authorities aided a woman with a horse who needed urgent surgery by activating the blue lights and navigating through a traffic congestion. The horse's owner, becoming increasingly anxious as time passed, realized the severe nature of the situation, explained a police spokesperson on Friday. Civilian officers from the criminal investigation department placed the emergency lighting on their vehicle's roof and led the driver with the horse trailer along the emergency route. This swift action potentially saved the mare's life. The four-year-old pregnant mare is now recovering, though unfortunately, her unborn foal had perished before the incident occurred three weeks ago.
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- In another emergency operation in Baden-Württemberg, police used blue lights to clear a traffic jam for an animal ambulance transporting sick animals to the vet.
- The spokesperson for the police in the Ortenau district reported that the swift action prevented further complications for the animals during the long journey.
- This time, the animals included a group of endangered species, which were being transferred to a wildlife sanctuary for protection.
- Witnesses at the scene praised the police for their quick thinking and compassion, ensuring that the animals arrived safely and without any additional stress.
- Meanwhile, in a separate incident, a woman was detained by the police for causing a traffic jam by leaving her car abandoned on the side of the road, ignoring the flashing blue lights and sirens of the emergency vehicles attempting to pass by.