TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Rodeo parade spectators watched in horror Thursday as a 5-year-old girl was thrown off her mount and trampled by an out-of-control team of horses pulling a wagon. She later died.
Hundreds of people were in eyesight of the tragedy along the two-mile route of the Tucson Rodeo Parade.
"People were gasping, screaming," said Diane Hebert, who was near the scene of the accident.
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"I saw the wagon coming around the corner out of control," said Hebert's husband, Henry. "They hit the horse, her horse flared up and the girl fell off."