The Independent
Three soldiers were injured after the mounted regiment horses getting exercise were spooked by falling concrete – covered in blood they then tore through the capital.
Panicked one-tonne cavalry horses threw off their army riders before smashing into a tour bus and taxis, leaving a 5-mile-long bloody trail in their wake through the city of London.
Police followed two of the five Household Cavalry Mounted regiment horses for more than five miles as tourists fled in terror to escape their path of destruction, while the other three were quickly caught.
The drama began near Buckingham Palace Road at 8am where witnesses saw a serviceman thrown from his horse after falling concrete spooked the animals whilst on an exercise session.
Three soldiers were left injured before one of the loose animals crashed into a taxi shattering the windows.
Workers near the Clermont Hotel in central London described the “total mayhem” when the horses galloped through the packed street in morning rush hour.
Roland, a worker for tour bus company, Toot Bus, said: “I saw horses come from the bus station in front of Victoria run around in a frenzy.
“People were running around to avoid them – it was total mayhem.”
Darren Brookes, a site manager, who was working opposite the four-star hotel in Victoria, told The Independent: “They ran past us towards hotel, and smashed into a van parked outside.
“The serviceman was thrown off the white horse and hit the ground with a massive bang. He was shouting in pain.
“Everyone at the bus stop outside the hotel started screaming and shouting – there was so much panic…
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