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FOUR ponies have become the latest casualties to die on a New Forest Road. Police were called to reports of a single-vehicle crash on the B0379 near Brook on New Year’s Eve at around 9.15pm involving a Land Rover Discovery, which had collided with the animals. Hampshire Constabulary says the driver of the vehicle was spoken to at the scene, and “having carried out a thorough investigation, no further action was taken against them”. Korine Bishop, Hampshire Constabulary Rural Policing Inspector, said: “This was a tragic incident which resulted in the death of four New Forest horses. Tragic as this incident is, this is a timely reminder to the residents of, and those driving through, the New Forest to be aware of your surroundings. There is a maximum speed limit of 40 miles per hour applied across the area, and as such motorists are advised to adapt their speed to the current driving conditions.”
HIGHWAY chiefs are being urged to halt the “carnage” occurring in the New Forest after an horrific accident in which four ponies were killed. The collision - one of the worst animal accidents in the Forest for several years - happened on a notorious stretch of Roger Penny Way near Bramshaw. The ponies are thought to have been licking freshly-laid salt on the road when they were hit by a Land Rover Discovery. Two other accidents have occurred on Roger Penny Way in the past few weeks. Three donkeys were killed on December 13 and two sheep died in a hit-and-run on December 28.