A karozzin driver and his horse were injured after the horse bolted on Pietá seafront at 5.45am.

The 55-year-old man from Sliema was thrown off the cab and was seriously injured, while the horse collapsed after galloping a considerable distance. An Animal Welfare team were called to look after the animal, police reported.

 

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