Merced County Sheriff's Posse volunteer injured during Christmas parade

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A unpaid with the Merced County Sheriff's Posse is recovering aft falling from his equine during the yearly Christmas Parade successful Downtown Merced.

Witnesses accidental the equine bucked the rider disconnected the saddle, hitting the asphalt.

Sheriff Vern Warn-key told Action News the rider fell disconnected the equine and suffered a "significant injury."

No 1 other was wounded successful the fall.

The Merced County Sheriff's Posse is comprised of volunteers who service arsenic ambassadors for the Sheriff's Office, Merced County and the State.

The Posse travels implicit 3,000 miles astir the assemblage each riding connected Palomino horses.