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Beach horse trailer involved in collision

 Beach horse trailer involved in collision

Written by Leslie Lake on . Posted in Anna Maria Island, Community News, Featured.

BRADENTON – A Nov. 29 collision involving a Florida Beach Horses trailer left two people and seven horses injured and one horse dead.

Florida Beach Horses posted the fol­lowing on its Facebook page: “With the heaviest heart we come to share that our truck and trailer was involved in a wreck where it was t-boned and flipped last night after the beach rides. All horses are injured and we lost our beloved Hoss.”

A collision involving a horse trailer left one horse dead and seven others injured.
Hoss died in the Nov. 29 accident. – Florida Beach Horses | Submitted

Hoss, also known as Big Boy Hoss, was described on the Florida Beach Horses website as a “Jaw-dropping buckskin draft with long flowing curly locks and little feathers on his ankles. And a big boy with a toddler personality.”

Florida Beach Horses provides horseback rides in and along Palma Sola Bay.

“Many of our horses are rescues from all different types of environ­ments all over the country. We take pride in being able to offer them the happiest and healthiest lives as beach horses,” according to the Florida Beach Horses website.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to assist with veterinary care for the injured horses along with medical costs for the two people in the truck, and burial expenses for Hoss.

“We are reaching out for support after a devastating accident that has left a community reeling… The two individuals transporting the trailer also sustained serious injuries with one requiring surgery and a long road to recovery,” the GoFundMe post states.

The page has a goal of $30,000 and funds will be used for veteri­nary care for the injured horses, surgeries, rehabilitation and ongoing medical treatment. The people injured in the accident are facing hospital bills, surgical costs and extended recovery time, which will affect their ability to work and provide for their families.

Suspect in fatal hit and run identified, booked

Written by SUN contributor on . Posted in Community News, Holmes Beach.

Updated Feb. 11 at 4:50 p.m.: Suspect Cierra Shannon turned herself in at the Bradenton Police Department at 4:45 p.m. today. She has been charged with leaving the scene of a traffic crash that resulted in a death. Investigators have impounded a 2006 silver Chevrolet Trailblazer and are processing it for evidence.

The victim has been identified as 83-year-old Madelyn Dakin from Michigan. Dakin was vacationing in Holmes Beach with her husband of 67 years, Gerald.

Updated Feb. 11 at 4 p.m.: Holmes Beach Police Chief Bill Tokajer said the suspect’s vehicle was found in the FISH Preserve area of Cortez Village and has been impounded by police.

HOLMES BEACH – Holmes Beach police officers are looking for information that could help lead to an arrest in a fatal hit and run accident that took place on Gulf Drive.

Chief Bill Tokajer said the incident occurred just after 7 p.m. in the 2700 block of Gulf Drive in Holmes Beach, near the city’s southern border with Bradenton Beach. A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and pronounced deceased at the scene of the accident.

Holmes Beach police are being assisted by the Bradenton Police Department’s traffic unit on the ongoing investigation into the incident.

Currently, Tokajer said investigators are searching for a 2006 silver Chevrolet Trailblazer with Florida license plate IV5-9UG and front end damage. Officers also are searching for Cierra E. Shannon, a white female with a birthdate of Sept. 22, 1993, and a person of interest in the investigation.

Police are searching for Cierra Shannon of Bradenton in conjunction with a Feb. 10 fatal hit and run in Holmes Beach. – Photo from Shannon’s Facebook page.

In addition to searching for Shannon, Tokajer added that police also are seeking information from anyone who saw her or was with her prior to the Feb. 10 crash or who has information on her activities prior to the incident to see if her actions earlier in the day were a determining factor to why she left the scene of the crash.

According to Manatee County court records, Shannon was found guilty of driving under the influence in 2015 and was ordered to serve a year of probation, complete DUI school and pay a fine in lieu of community service hours.

Anyone with information on Shannon or the crash is asked to please contact Holmes Beach Det. Brian Hall at 941-932-6161 or email detective@holmesbeach.org. Tips and information also can be sent to BPDtips@bradentonpd.com. To remain anonymous or be eligible to receive a cash reward of $3,000 for information, call Crime Stoppers at 1-866-634-8477 or send an anonymous tip electronically online to the Crime Stoppers website.

–Sun reporter Joe Hendricks contributed to this story