Girl, 5, killed in parade, was member of Sonoita Rodeo Royalty entry

Another bad day in Tucson.

http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/170447

Tucson, Arizona | Published: 02.22.2007

A 5-year-old girl died after police say she was thrown from
her horse this morning during the Rodeo Parade.
A team of horses pulling a wagon behind the girl spooked
then ran into her horse and she fell off, said Sgt. Decio Hopffer
a Tucson Police Department spokesman.
Paramedics along the parade route, just yards away from where
the incident occurred, responded immediately when the girl,
who was the only rider on her horse, fell, Hopffer said.
The girl was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead,
Hopffer said.

:cry:

Edit to add this from the Tucson Citizen:

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/42814.php

Age of girl killed in Rodeo Parade contradicts parade age-limit rule

A 5-year-old girl was killed when trampled by horses in the
Tucson Rodeo Parade today.

The girl was riding a horse in the parade as part of an entry
called Sonoita Rodeo Royalty, despite her participation being
an apparent violation of Rodeo Parade Committee rules.

Rule No. 13 for parade entries on the Tucson Rodeo Parade
Committee's parade entry, states:
"No children walking, under age of 14 or mounted under age of 8 years!"
Parade committee officials have said they wouldn't have any comment
about the incident until a 3 p.m. news conference today with the
Tucson Police Department.
The girl was knocked from her horse and trampled by a team of
horses and the wagon they were pulling in the Tucson Rodeo parade, police said.

I saw our new congresswoman