Three Injured After Tree Limb Strikes Wagon at North Carolina Zoo
Three people were injured and hospitalized after a horse pulling a wagon at North Carolina's Lazy 5 Ranch drive-thru zoo jumped when a falling tree limb struck the wagon, causing passengers to fall off.
Lima, OH, October 19, 2026 —
Three people were injured and hospitalized after a falling tree limb struck a horse-drawn wagon at Lazy 5 Ranch, a drive-thru zoo in North Carolina, according to the information provided about the incident.
The horse was pulling the wagon when the limb hit it. The horse jumped, and passengers fell from the wagon. The three injured people were taken to a hospital. Their names, ages and conditions were not provided.
The available account does not state when the incident happened or identify the part of the ranch where it occurred. It also does not say how many passengers were on the wagon in total, whether anyone else was hurt, or whether the horse sustained an injury. No information was provided about the size of the limb or what caused it to fall.
Details about the response at the scene, including who transported the injured people to the hospital, were not provided. The account does not identify any witnesses or officials who commented on the incident, and it contains no information about whether the ranch changed its operations afterward.
The reported sequence is limited to the limb striking the wagon, the horse jumping, passengers falling and three people being injured and hospitalized. Further details about the circumstances and the injured people were not included in the available summary.
Story summarized from the original created by Alianna Kendall-Brooks, Gray News staff on www.hometownstations.com, see more information here.
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