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Horse Escaped Trailer, Found On East Lyme Road

An East Lyme police officer was there to help wrangle a horse that escaped its trailer Thursday morning and caused some traffic backup.

Officer Xu had a bit of horse wrangling to do on West Main Street.
Officer Xu had a bit of horse wrangling to do on West Main Street. (East Lyme Police Department)

EAST LYME, CT — An East Lyme police officer had a somewhat unusual assignment Thursday morning.

A horse had escaped from its trailer and was found on an East Lyme road, according to a police Facebook post. Officer Xu "had to do a bit of horse wrangling on West Main Street."

The horse did cause some traffic backup, but no one was injured and Xu safely returned the horse to its trailer.

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