AGONY OF TEEN AS HORSE KILLS MUM; Family distraught over death of vet, 51.Byline: By James Moncur THIS is the vet killed by a horse which was being ridden by her teenage daughter. PDSA veterinary surgeon Susan Somers, 51, died on Sunday afternoon after being injured when her daughter Amanda's horse was scared by a dog. Susan had been walking alongside the normally placid animal, while Amanda, 15, and a teenage friend sat on it. Witnesses said the startled horse reared into the air, kicking Susan and knocking her to the ground. She suffered severe head injuries. Susan was rushed to Ninewells Hospital The Ninewells Hospital is a hospital situated on the western edge of Dundee, Scotland at . The proposal for the hospital was put forward in May 1960 and final permission was accepted by Parliament in February 1962. , Dundee, from the scene on Dronley Road in Birkhill, on the outskirts of the city. But the popular Kenya-born vet, who also worked for Marine Life Rescue died four hours later in hospital. Amanda and her friend were treated for shock at the scene but were unhurt. Locals, including Pam Seivwright, the owner of the Muirhead Stables where the horse was kept, rushed to help. The tragic vet's husband, Craig Somers, 45, who works in Dundee Council's environmental health department, said: "We have so much to do and so many things on our mind. I would ask we be left to our own privacy at the moment." Mr Somers was speaking in the porch of his home in Constitution Street, Dundee, flanked by his heartbroken daughter and his mother. He looked to be on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of collapse as he supported himself on the door frame. A spokeswoman for Susan's PDSA employers said: "The family do not wish to speak and have also instructed us not to comment. "We have to respect their wishes at this very sensitive time." A spokesman for Tayside Police Tayside Police is the police force covering the Scottish council areas of Angus, City of Dundee and Perth and Kinross (the former Tayside region). The total area covered by the force is 2,896 square miles with a population of 388,000. said yesterday: "Emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' attended at about 1pm and found the deceased with a serious head injury. "It is understood she had been walking alongside a horse that was being ridden by her daughter when the horse was startled and knocked her over. "There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding her death and a report has been submitted to the procurator fiscal procurator fiscal Noun (in Scotland) a legal officer who acts as public prosecutor and coroner Procurator Fiscal n (Scottish) → fiscal m/f ." Monifieth and Sidlaw councillor Frank Ellis said it was a very tragic accident. He added: "I want to convey my sympathies to the family." He also warned: "As the leisure industry expands and more fields and spaces are opened up for use by horse lovers, we need to ensure these routes are safe." 'We need to ensure routes for horse lovers are safe' CAPTION(S): CARING: Tragic vet Susan with one of her patients DAVE MARTIN |
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