Runaway horse stops traffic for an hour after trotting onto M65 motorway in Lancashire
“Not what I expected to see at 6am on a Monday morning...”
Traffic was stopped for nearly an hour after a runaway horse trotted onto the M65 in Lancashire yesterday (Monday, May 11).
Police were called to the scene between junctions 5 (Guide) and 6 (Whitebirk roundabout) in Blackburn at 6am.
The horse escaped through a broken fence from a field next to the motorway and police stopped traffic for 50 minutes while it was rescued and safely returned.
The bizarre incident was captured by motorist Simon Lee, from Blackburn, using his Meta smart glasses.
“Can you believe there’s a horse on the M65 motorway!? Not what you want at 6 o’clock in the morning, is it?”, quipped Simon.
A police spokesperson said: “We were called just after 6am to a report of a horse being on the westbound carriageway.
“The horse was returned to a field adjoining the motorway at 6.52am and the carriageway reopened.”