Passenger died in 15 Freeway crash in Norco when horse flew via windshield, CHP stated

The passenger who died when the automobile he was using in collided with a horse  on Sunday in Norco perished when the horse smashed via the windshield, the California Highway Patrol stated Monday, Sept. 23.

The sufferer was a 25-year-old man, stated Officer Javier Navarro, a CHP spokesman. The man has not been publicly recognized. The horse additionally perished.

The crash was reported at about 2 a.m. on the northbound 15 Freeway north of the Santa Ana River.

Navarro stated a Toyota Tacoma pulling a trailer with the horse in it veered to the proper. The Toyota and the trailer struck a guardrail, inflicting the trailer to separate open and sending the horse onto the freeway. The trailer got here to relaxation within the lanes whereas the horse acquired to the median.

Next, a semi hit the trailer.

As the horse tried to cross the freeway to the proper, a black Honda Accord clipped the horse.

Next, a grey Honda Accord touring within the left lane crashed into the horse, inflicting it to fly via the windshield, Navarro stated. The passenger, sitting within the entrance seat, was killed, and the 27-year-old male driver suffered minor accidents.

No one has been arrested, Navarro stated. What brought about the Toyota towing the trailer to hit the guardrail is underneath investigation, he stated.