Train Scare on the Highlands Road
A passing train frightens a team of horses, resulting in a dangerous carriage spill for two local orchard workers.
What might have proven a serious accident occurred recently when John Mounsey and Melissa Moeller were returning from their work of apple packing on the Highlands. Their horse became frightened at a passing train and ran, throwing the occupants of the rig to the ground and stunning them, but without serious results, although John was laid up for a day.
“Their horse became frightened at a passing train and ran, throwing the occupants of the rig to the ground.”
The Kennewick Highlands are now established residential areas, but this story recalls a time when the interplay between railroad lines and horse-drawn transport defined local transit safety.
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