A livestock trailer traveling from Minnesota to Kentucky and carrying 52 horses overturned, tumbled down an embankment, and crashed into a utility pole, breaking it in half. A small fire ignited from downed wires, according to the police report. The accident occurred just north of Lawrenceburg, Ind., on Route 1 at about 1 p.m. on Sept. 15. At least 21 horses are dead after the accident, while two horses sustained major injuries and others, minor injuries, according to witnesses on the scene.

Many of the area equine veterinarians were out of town at a continuing education conference at Purdue University, so only one veterinarian, John Nenni, DVM, of Bright Veterinary Clinic in Lawrenceburg, Ind., and Sherri Grote, a veterinary technician, were available to tend to the injured animals at the accident scene