HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY.com) -- "When you got horses around, you can expect anything from them, anything at any time," said Manuel Alston. But, horses on the highway? Chopper 10 pilot John Massee gave morning viewers on WAVY News 10 the best view of an unusual scene. Three horses had almost gotten halfway across the bridge at the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel around 6 a.m., which caused a four-mile, eastbound backup at the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel.I-64 Eastbound traffic to Norfolk had to be stopped for almost an hour. Virginia State Police, who managed to corral the horses and move them to the North Island garage, say they escaped from the Stables at Strawberry Banks, owned by Hampton University. Hampton University police are investigating how the horses got loose. There was no damage to the corral the horses were staying. H.U. is now putting in additional security measures to make sure this doesn't happen again.
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Hampton University and Delaware State University are the only two HBCUs that we are aware of that operates an Equestrian Team. Fortunately, no one was harmed by the horse escape from HU. Maybe the horses just wanted to see why all the cars were racing to get to the other side of the bridge-tunnel?
