Date of Incident: November 17, 2018 Name of Company: Palmetto Carriage Works Code: Horse/Mule Related & Vehicle/Carriage Wagon Related While on a tour, a horse was passing a “cherry picker” and something spooked the horse. The horse started walking backwards and the carriage wagon jack knifed and got stuck to the “cherry picker.” The horse fell to its knees and stayed that way [...]
Date of Incident: October 30, 2018 Name of Company: Palmetto Carriage Works Code: Vehicle/Carriage Wagon Related A carriage driver had pulled the carriage wagon to the side to let cars pass. As the driver was waiting for traffic to clear, he was using his whip to point out dwellings across the street. At that point, his whip made contact with the antennae of [...]
Date of Incident: September 5, 2018 Name of Company: Old South Carriage Company Code: Vehicle/Carriage Wagon Related & Property Damage While on tour, a horse backed up due to movement of a large vehicle in the horse’s path. The carriage wagon jack knifed causing minor damage to a parked vehicle.
Date of Incident: July 30, 2018 Name of Company: Palmetto Carriage Works Code: Property Damage & Vehicle/Carriage Wagon & Horse/Mule Related While a carriage wagon was passing near a construction site, the two mules were startled by a crane and jumped to the right, which caused a broken tail light on the left side of a parked vehicle. The wagon driver reported this [...]
Date of Incident: July 25, 2018 Name of Company: Palmetto Carriage Works Code: Vehicle/Carriage Wagon Related & Horse/Mule Related A golf cart came up along side of a carriage wagon beside the wagon driver and could not get through due to a median in the road. The wagon driver said to wait for police but the man in the golf cart kept going, [...]
Date of Incident: May 18, 2018 Name of Company: Old South Code: Vehicle/Carriage Wagon Related & Property Damage A carriage wagon driver encountered a cement truck heading towards the wagon. The horse spooked and backed up, causing a collision with a parked vehicle. The horse was uninjured and no passengers were hurt. The police were called.
Date of Incident: May 14, 2018 Name of Company: Old South Carriage Company Code: Vehicle/Carriage Wagon Related & Property Damage A carriage wagon hit the side mirror of a parked car. The horse had been unsettled by noises and traffic on the street and was side stepping when it hit the car mirror. The barn manager spoke with the owner of the car.
Date of Incident: May 1, 2018 Name of Company: Palmetto Carriage Works Code: Vehicle/Carriage Wagon Related & Property Damage As a carriage wagon driver tried to pass a truck parked on the right, a car heading towards the wagon tried to squeeze through. The horse side stepped and collided with the mirror of the oncoming car. The driver of the wagon was ticketed.
Date of Incident: April 22, 2018 Name of Company: Old South Carriage Company Code: Vehicle/Carriage Wagon Related & Property Damage A carriage wagon had pulled to a right side parking spot and as the wagon driver proceeded to pull out, the back corner of the wagon scratched the rear of the driver side of a parked car.
Date of Incident: March 15, 2018 Name of Company: Charleston Carriage Company Code: Vehicle/Carriage Wagon & Property Related A carriage wagon driver stated that she was sitting decoy with a horse and parked across from 2 Anson Street. An SUV passing another car sideswiped the left rear end of the carriage wagon. The horse was not injured and the wagon was not damaged. [...]
