17 Jul, 2023 @ 15:47
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A-7 in Marbella shutdown after loose horses take a gallop on dual carriageway

SUNDAY afternoon beachgoers in Marbella had to wait for their sunshine fix when the A-7 main road through Marbella was closed as two horses galloped along it.

The duo – which had escaped from a nearby paddock and made their way onto the A-7 dual carriageway – had a narrow escape as they ran across lanes on both sides of the carriageway, with motorists dodging the animals.

Local Police spotted the danger and halted traffic in both directions a little after 1pm, a time when many families head for the beaches.

A colleague trained in horse handling rushed to the scene, and helped shepherd the animals safely up a slip road.

The Guardia Civil is now investigating the incident.

Although a rare event, it is not as unusual as the time road users had to dodge a hippo on a Spanish road.

The creature had escaped from a circus in Roquetas del Mar (Almeria) back in 2019 and made its way to a busy roundabout where it started chomping on grass before running away startled.

It was safely captured by circus staff

Dilip Kuner

Dilip Kuner is a NCTJ-trained journalist whose first job was on the Folkestone Herald as a trainee in 1988.
He worked up the ladder to be chief reporter and sub editor on the Hastings Observer and later news editor on the Bridlington Free Press.
At the time of the first Gulf War he started working for the Sunday Mirror, covering news stories as diverse as Mick Jagger’s wedding to Jerry Hall (a scoop gleaned at the bar at Heathrow Airport) to massive rent rises at the ‘feudal village’ of Princess Diana’s childhood home of Althorp Park.
In 1994 he decided to move to Spain with his girlfriend (now wife) and brought up three children here.
He initially worked in restaurants with his father, before rejoining the media world in 2013, working in the local press before becoming a copywriter for international firms including Accenture, as well as within a well-known local marketing agency.
He joined the Olive Press as a self-employed journalist during the pandemic lock-down, becoming news editor a few months later.
Since then he has overseen the news desk and production of all six print editions of the Olive Press and had stories published in UK national newspapers and appeared on Sky News.

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