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| Horse-drawn carriage crashes into Ascot shop | Horse-drawn carriage crashes into Ascot shop |
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| A horse-drawn carriage used to take people to Royal Ascot has crashed into a shop window after running out of control in the Berkshire town. | A horse-drawn carriage used to take people to Royal Ascot has crashed into a shop window after running out of control in the Berkshire town. |
| An eyewitness described seeing the horses bolting down the High Street and careering over a roundabout before crashing through the window. | An eyewitness described seeing the horses bolting down the High Street and careering over a roundabout before crashing through the window. |
| Gary Copeland said one of the horses "flipped over" while the other was "jammed into the window". | Gary Copeland said one of the horses "flipped over" while the other was "jammed into the window". |
| One person suffered minor injuries and a horse was also injured. | One person suffered minor injuries and a horse was also injured. |
| Mr Copeland said he had been driving behind the carriage when the incident unfolded near the Winkfield Road junction at about 18:00 BST. | Mr Copeland said he had been driving behind the carriage when the incident unfolded near the Winkfield Road junction at about 18:00 BST. |
| He said: "Suddenly I saw the horses start to bolt and pulling down the high street very, very quickly - out of control." | |
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| Mr Copeland added: "At the roundabout one of the horses flipped over and landed on the floor. The carriage carried straight on on to the pavement. | |
| "I could see one of the horses jammed into the window of the dress shop. I saw people on the floor - they may have been thrown off the carriage." | "I could see one of the horses jammed into the window of the dress shop. I saw people on the floor - they may have been thrown off the carriage." |
| Organisers of Royal Ascot said they believed one person had suffered minor injuries and one horse had been taken away in an equine ambulance but the other was unhurt. | Organisers of Royal Ascot said they believed one person had suffered minor injuries and one horse had been taken away in an equine ambulance but the other was unhurt. |
| They said the carriage was operated by a private company, not the racecourse. | They said the carriage was operated by a private company, not the racecourse. |
| Owners of the dress shop, Nataliya Couture, said it was closed at the time and no-one was inside. | Owners of the dress shop, Nataliya Couture, said it was closed at the time and no-one was inside. |