West Texas Man Dies in Rodeo Accident
A rodeo worker in Wheeler, a Texas panhandle town northeast of Amarillo, died this week after horses stampeded over him. The worker, just 24 year-old, was moving horses to the bucking shoot when the animals became spooked, turned abruptly, knocked down the worker, causing severe injuries.
Were the rodeo facilities safe? Was the worker properly trained and supervised? Had the horses been inspected and vaccinated in compliance with Texas law? These are the kind of questions an injured worker ought to ask. They’re the kind of questions the personal injury experts at Fears | Nachawati ask every day.
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