Horse breeder in court after student was crushed by straw bales
A Shropshire horse breeder appearing at Shrewsbury Magistrates’ Court today after a student suffered injuries during a work placement.
The student suffered severe leg and pelvic injuries when she was felled by four straw bales on her last day of work experience.
The 20-year-old veterinary student from Cheshire was on a work experience placement at RL Matson & Son of Whitchurch, Shropshire, run by partner Edward Matson.
She was collecting hay for the horses’ troughs when she was struck by four falling straw bales, weighing more than 1.2 tonnes.
She suffered multiple injuries, was in hospital for 19 days and was in a wheelchair for three months. She is still unable to crouch or kneel and struggles to bend.
