A man has been charged with driving offences after an alleged hit-and-run collision involving an eight-year-old child and a horse, which had to be put down, police have said.
Christopher Rogers, 61, of Bolventor, Launceston, has been charged with driving without due care, driving while disqualified, driving without insurance, failing to stop after a road accident and criminal damage.
He has been released on bail and is due to appear before Bodmin magistrates on 7 February, Devon and Cornwall police said.
The force said officers were called to reports of a collision involving a white Ford Transit van and a horse at Higher Treween, Altarnun, near Launceston, at about 2.20pm on Sunday.
The eight-year-old girl who was riding the horse was believed to be seriously injured and was airlifted to hospital. A 12-year-old who was leading the horse was uninjured. The horse had to be put down by vets at the scene. On Tuesday, police said the child has since been discharged from hospital as her injuries were not as serious as first thought.
Anyone with information or dashcam footage of the incident has been asked to contact Devon and Cornwall police via their website or by calling 101 quoting log 410 of 12/1/2025.
• This article was amended on 14 January 2025. The incident took place near Launceston, which is in Cornwall, not Devon as we had it in an earlier version of the headline. This has been corrected.
