CAROVA, N.C. (WAVY) — A wild horse was reportedly struck last week by a pickup traveling at a high speed, witnesses told the Corolla Wild Horse Fund.
The nonprofit Wild Horse Fund, in a Facebook post, said the horse was struck around 9 p.m. July 4 on Ocean Pearl Road, with witnesses telling it the horse fell to the ground but then got up and ran off into the brush, with the driver of the truck not stopping. It said law enforcement was called and deputies responded.
The horse that was reportedly struck was not found that night, but after residents who witnessed the incident gave a description of the horses in the area that night, the Wild Horse Fund was able to narrow down the list of possible victims. By around noon July 5, had found 13 of the stallions that it believed could have been struck, but all of those were fine, with no visible injuries…