Name of carriage driver involved in horse-drawn carriage crash released

A carriage driver with Elegant Carriage of Cincinnati underwent surgery Friday after her carriage was hit from behind on the Taylor Southgate Bridge during Thursday evening's rush hour.Newport Police Chief Tom Collins told WLWT the carriage driver was Tina Hemingway. She suffered facial injuries and a broken leg in the incident. Images: Car crashes into horse-drawn carriageShe underwent surgery Friday morning at UC Medical Center.Officials said the carriage was coming from Cincinnati when it was hit from behind by a black Grand Prix."It knocked the person that was controlling the horse over the bridge and was actually hanging off of the railing," Collins said.Collins told WLWT an officer and passerby were able to pull Hemingway off the railing.Newport police have not released the name of driver of the car that hit the carriage. Collins said the driver did stop, talked with police and charges were expected.No one else was in the carriage at the time. Neither the horse nor the driver of the vehicle were injured.

A carriage driver with Elegant Carriage of Cincinnati underwent surgery Friday after her carriage was hit from behind on the Taylor Southgate Bridge during Thursday evening's rush hour.

Newport Police Chief Tom Collins told WLWT the carriage driver was Tina Hemingway. She suffered facial injuries and a broken leg in the incident.

Images: Car crashes into horse-drawn carriage

She underwent surgery Friday morning at UC Medical Center.

Officials said the carriage was coming from Cincinnati when it was hit from behind by a black Grand Prix.

"It knocked the person that was controlling the horse over the bridge and was actually hanging off of the railing," Collins said.

Collins told WLWT an officer and passerby were able to pull Hemingway off the railing.

Newport police have not released the name of driver of the car that hit the carriage. Collins said the driver did stop, talked with police and charges were expected.

No one else was in the carriage at the time. Neither the horse nor the driver of the vehicle were injured.