Opinion ID: 2043003
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Heading: background for roan eagle's accident

Text: Before the accident, the Game and Parks Commission of the State of Nebraska had employed Roan Eagle for 4 years as a wrangler at the Fort Robinson State Park near Crawford, Nebraska. A wrangler is a cowboy in charge of saddle horses. In addition to wrangling, Roan Eagle's duties included taking tourists out on trail rides, horse back out in the hills, tours which might last for several hours. On June 26, 1986, Roan Eagle, on horseback, was accompanying a dozen tourist trail riders in the hills near Fort Robinson, when Roan Eagle's horse spooked and started bucking. Roan Eagle was thrown from his horse, struck the ground, and sustained injury to his right leg, which injury produced pain in the middle of [his] hip. Another wrangler rode ahead to Fort Robinson. On Roan Eagle's arrival at the fort, he was transported by rescue unit to the Crawford hospital and then to the hospital at Alliance, Nebraska, for orthopedic attention.