A mother has died, and another rider was critically injured, after their spooked horses took them onto a busy California highway. According to KTLA, a car on SR-371 near Conteras Road crashed into the two horses shortly before 9:30 PM local time on August 31.
Horse Gets Spooked And Runs Into Highway, Killing Rider And Mother Of 3
California Highway Patrol officers found the two female riders ejected after the crash in Anza, Riverside County. One, first responders pronounced dead at the scene, the other, they transferred to a local hospital with serious injuries, said a CHP spokesperson.
Investigators discovered that a group of friends and family was riding horses eastbound on the highway’s shoulder. For unknown reasons, presumably due to them getting spooked, two horses veered onto the road.
The sedan struck the horses while it drove westbound at a “reasonable rate of speed.” Luckily, this crash didn’t injure the driver of the vehicle, who was cooperating well with law enforcement…