BELLEVUE, IOWA (AP) -- The family of a buggy driver whose horses trampled spectators during Bellevue's Fourth of July parade say he tried desperately to stop the rampage.
Mardell Steines was in the buggy with his wife, his daughter-in-law and two grandchildren when the horses bolted, injuring 24 people and killing his wife, Janet.
Ken Walsh, whose daughter was in the buggy, says Steines was trying to get the horses under control. The buggy hit a combine in the parade and a road sign. Janet Steines was thrown out and struck a concrete driveway.
Walsh says the hitch came undone and the carriage separated from the horses, running over Steines as he held onto the reins.
Police say most victims were released from the hospital on Monday.
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