Posted: Jan 16, 2012 6:52 PM ESTUpdated: Jan 17, 2012 7:53 AM EST
Posted by Chuck Morris
Rescued horses may have been headed for slaughter
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Driver hauling horses may have fallen asleep at wheel
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FAIRVIEW, TN (WSMV) -
A trailer hauling horses on Interstate 40 overturned Monday night near Fairview, blocking westbound traffic for hours.
The crash occurred about 5:15 p.m.
State troopers said the truck driver, Mance Frank Reed, 50, of Murfreesboro, may have fallen asleep at the wheel.
The livestock trailer from Three Angels Farms in Lebanon was loaded with 38 horses when it crashed near mile marker 182 in Williamson County.
Reed suffered minor injuries in the crash. Three of the horses were killed, two were seriously injured.
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