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Tinks Walker: Olympic hopeful thrown through windscreen as prize-winning horse killed in crash with car

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  • A teenage equestrian's Olympic hopes have been affected after a car crash in the Cotswolds left her severely injured and her horse dead. Tinks Walker, 17, says she moved her horses onto a grass verge, but a car did not slow down and hit them.
  • She was thrown through the windscreen and knocked unconscious. Her 10-year-old gelding Benny was injured and was later put down by a vet.
  • Wiltshire Police chose a driving course instead of prosecution, and the family has started legal action against the driver.
Tinks Walker: Olympic hopeful thrown through windscreen as prize-winning horse killed in crash with car
Photo: The West Australian

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