Man allegedly rode horse while drunk at parade; 8-year-old boy trampled
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An 8-year-old boy was injured at a popular California parade by a runaway dancing horse that managed to throw off its rider -- who was charged with riding while intoxicated.
Video showed the horse bucking off the rider, identified as Armando Ruiz, and galloping right into a crowd at the Colusa County Fair parade June 8, Fox 40 Sacramento reported.
“It was pretty chaotic for a few minutes there,” Colusa Police Sgt. Elden Tamez told the station.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The boy was treated for a broken leg. Parade-goers grabbed the horse.
Ruiz was arrested on a felony charge of driving under the influence, according to the station.
“In California the same laws apply when riding horse as driving cars,” the Colusa Police Department said in a Facebook post Thursday.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Tamez told Fox 40 the charge was rare.
"I’ve been here 20 years and this is my first time charging somebody for this," he said.
The signature dancing horses are a staple at the Colusa County Fair and were putting on a show again when the incident unfolded, the station reported.