BY IAN CROUCH
A horse has been killed and another badly injured in a crash at Belford.
Police and RFS crews were called to the New England Highway near Bell Road just before 4.30am on Wednesday to reports of a crash involving a car and a horse in the eastbound lanes.
They arrived to find one horse deceased and began searching for a second which was found nearby with broken legs.
No persons were injured in the crash.
One southbound lane is open as the clean up effort continues.
