‘It’s devastating’: Horseback rider details car crash that killed horse in Laveen

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A Laveen woman is recovering in the hospital after she and her horse were struck by a car Saturday night, killing the animal she describes as a part of her family.

Ireya Thomas was riding her 17-year-old Tennessee Walker named Allie near 35th Avenue and Dobbins when they were hit from behind by a car. Thomas says she was thrown from the horse onto the ground.

“Out of nowhere, the next thing I know, I am in the air,” Thomas said from her hospital bed…

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