Tuesday 2nd November 1982
A 20-year-old horse which strayed on to the A36 Warminster to Salisbury road, west of Codford, at 5.20 a.m. on Tuesday 2nd November 1982, was struck by a lorry and killed.
The lorry was driven by Mr. John Benjafield of West Hill, Wincanton. Mr. Benjafield was not hurt and the lorry was not damaged.
The horse had got out of a field adjacent Chitterne Road, Codford. It belonged to Mrs. Rosemary Crocker, of Cortington Manor Stables, Corton.