ACCOMACK CO., VA - The Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company says Mayor Denise Bowden was badly injured while letting a herd of horses out of a corral on Friday.
The Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company posted to their official Facebook page on Saturday night that on Friday, April 11th, Chincoteague's Mayor Denise Bowden "was severely injured letting the southern herd out of the corral."
The fire company said that her leg was badly injured and that she was taken a shock trauma in Baltimore, where she underwent surgery.
According to the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company, Bowden's surgery went well, but there is "still a very very long recovery". They and many community members under the post wished the mayor a safe and speedy recovery.