Kicker: Horsepower on the highway

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: In the wee hours Tuesday morning on an interstate highway in Philadelphia, a jarring sight. Someone called it in:

AUDIO: Woman: There’s a horse on 95 in northbound ramp and they’re requesting help to catch this horse. Dispatch: Catch a horse? Woman: That’s correct, sir.

Angelo Palmer was in a bus going the same direction as the horse:

ANGELO PALMER: The horse is going like 25 miles per hour because we slowed down to his speed. We all matched his speed because we were trying to protect the horse.

Heart-rending to think what could have happened, but the horse took an exit and police corralled it and offered some TLC.

Apparently someone left open a gate at a local riding club, and the horse took off.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: He wanted to show off some real horsepower!

PALMER: He made out ok. Good outcome.

MYRNA BROWN: It’s The World and Everything in It.

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