Rally driver Federico Villagra crashes with wild horse

In Rio Negro, Federico Villagra, multiple Argentine rally champion, collided with a wild horse and continued with the race.

The leader of the Argentine Rally Championship 2009, during the “Vuelta de la Manzana” race, run into a horse, which had to be put down after being thrown into the air by a horrific collision.

The animal wandered into the path of Federico Villagra’s Mitsubishi Evo when the race was passing near the Patagonian city of General Roca.

Villagra was unable to dodge the horse, which was sent into the air before crashing to the ground. Two other animals were barely missed as the driver battled to keep control of his car.