UF Student Loses Hand in Horse Accident

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Long story short: she had the lead rope of the horse she was holding wrapped around her hand while she was sitting in the passenger seat of a car with the lead hanging out the window.

1. Never hold a horse while sitting in a car. Especially with the door closed. If the horse spooks, you can't do anything but let go.

2. Never wrap a horse's lead rope around your hand. For any reason. If the horse is to spook, the best thing that could happen would be rope burns around your hand. The worst that could happen would be...what happened.