Horse Injures Rider and Collides into Cab in Queens

Yesterday afternoon, 13 year old Javid Johnson's skull was fractured and leg broken when the horse he was riding suddenly freaked out and threw him into the street. The horse tried to jump over a taxi, but the cab's light "caught the horse and ripped him open," said 12 year old Marquise Jemmott, who was riding another horse. WCBS 2 reported that the horse "broke the windshield as it rolled onto the hood before landing on the ground." The cab's roof and windshield caved in, but the driver was not seriously injured.

The horse was from a stable leased from the Federation of Black Cowboys. And Johnson, who has been riding since he was 5 years old, is recovering at Jamaica Hospital. His mother was wary about letting him ride again, but his father said, "He told me that we should buy him a horse for his birthday."