September 27th, 2006--A DATE WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER

Updated at May 19, 2009 14:21

This date will always be remembered by MERS. MERS received a call on September 26th, 2006 @ 3:40am for a Tractor Trailer accident on Interstate I-44 with 42 horses on board. At the time, this was the single largest highway accident involving horses.

Many horses perished upon impact when the double stacked tractor trailer rolled over onto it’s side, but with the combined effort of many dedicated veterinarians that arrived to the scene, and along with The Humane Society, The St. Clair Fire Department, Sullivan Fire Department, Chuck’s Towing, and many other volunteers, 26 horses were successfully saved. These horses were sent to various veterinarian hospitals to recover from their injuries, and many have now been adopted out to loving new owners.

As these terrified horses were being taken out of the mangled trailer, the looks in their eyes were indescribable. You could truly look in their eyes and tell that these horses knew that we were there to help them.

When MERS finished working the accident scene @ 11:20am, many of our members went to the triage area, and worked into the night transporting the injured to various veterinarian hospitals in the area.

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