Monday, December 04, 2006

Santa's donkey shocked in crash

Santa will have to rent a donkey to help him this Christmas after one of his animals met a tragic end.

The creature - made of polystyrene - was decapitated after making contact with live cables as Santa drove along a road cordoned off after an accident.

The earlier crash - at Tadcaster, North Yorkshire - had left the wires exposed.

Emergency crews were amazed when a man dressed as Santa, towing a nativity scene on a trailer, ignored the closure and his plastic donkey touched a cable.

In the original accident, a woman's car hit an electricity pole, bringing down the wires.

Fire crews said both Santa and the woman had lucky escapes.

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