A MAN in his 70s was seriously injured after a collision involving a horse and cart in New Milton.

The man was taken to hospital following the incident in Brockenhurst Road shortly after 1pm on Saturday, December 3.

A horse being ridden by the man who was in a cart become “unsettled” before the cart collided with a wooden post.

Police and the ambulance service attended the incident.

A Hampshire Constabulary spokesperson said: “We were called at 1.08pm on Saturday, 3 December to a report of a collision on Brockenhurst Road, New Milton.

“It was reported that a horse being ridden by a man in a cart became unsettled and the cart collided with a wooden post.

“Paramedics attended.

“The rider, a man in his 70s, was taken to hospital.

The spokesperson added: "His injuries were reported as serious but not life threatening or life changing."

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