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Good Samaritans, New York State Police Lure Escaped Horses Off Northern State Parkway

MELVILLE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- Some drivers had to hold their horses Wednesday on the Northern State Parkway.

State police blocked traffic while good Samaritans tried to get a couple of horses off the road. They lured them with rice cakes, eventually managing to get them to safety.

The horses were returned to a Melville stable. They had escaped earlier through a fence damaged by a fallen tree.

The horses were not injured.

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