A startled Dallas police horse injured a teenager at the State Fair of Texas this week and the teen's mother wants answers.
It was while she and Ian waited their turn for a photo in front of the State Fair icon, as Ian stood just over her right shoulder, Macharia says she heard a loud noise behind her.“I could hear an impact behind me, so I turned around, and I see a big police horse was running and there was a police on it but he fell down. So, then I looked down and my son was right there,” recalled Macharia.Sign up for NBC DFW's News Headlines newsletter.
Shamieh says social media has provided some clues into what may have spooked the horse and is hoping additional videos come to light. Macharia says her son is recovering from a head injury at home and has been unable to return to his senior year at Princeton High School.She says Ian doesn’t remember what happened but says for her, it's a memory that won't go away.
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