Train rider killed in Florida horse monitor accident

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — An train rider at a Florida horse monitor died Saturday in a coaching accident, officers mentioned.

Tampa Bay Downs mentioned 19-year-old Daniel Quintero was fatally injured whereas working with horses earlier than 7 a.m., however declined to offer additional particulars.

“All the racetrack group expresses its condolences to his members of the family and buddies,” monitor officers mentioned in a press release. A second of silence was held for Quintero earlier than Saturday’s race card started.

Hillsborough County sheriff’s spokesman Marco Villarreal mentioned detectives are investigating the demise, but it surely doesn’t seem foul play was concerned.

Observe announcer Jason Beem instructed The Tampa Bay Instances that Quintero was killed in an accident involving two horses. He instructed the newspaper that the horses weren’t harm.