Teen, Cabbie Stop Runaway Horse, Carriage

When a Yellow Rose Carriage driver was knocked from her seat by a collision with a drunk driver and his van, her horse bolted, and took the carriage, and two passengers, with him.

William Basler, a 19-year-old Indianapolis teenager, saw the carriage careening away and sprang into action. He was chasing after it on foot when a cab driver saw what was happening and called to him to get in. The cab caught up to the carriage, and Basler bailed out, then climbed on board. He got hold of the reins and stopped the horse.

"It was just instinct," he said later. "I was just worried about the people inside of it."

The carriage driver was briefly unconscious, and the two passengers complained of pain and were taken to the hospital. None of the three suffered any major injuries.

The driver of the van has been charged with felony possession of a controlled substance, and misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence, public intoxication and operating a vehicle without a license.

The horse was not injured.

(cNews)