Horses killed in traffic • July 2nd, 2024

Traffic slowed down on the I-5 Freeway Tuesday night after 3 runaway horses were on the Freeway. 2 died after being struck by vehicles. 1 rescued on the side of the Freeway.

The California Highway Patrol said three horses started running across several lanes of the busy highway a little before 9:00 p.m., in Sylmar near the transition road on the westbound 210 Freeway close to the Newhall Pass. 

Two horses died after colliding with a car in the middle lane. It eventually died in the No. 4 lane. The driver pulled over to the side of the freeway as some passersby tried to wrangle another horse. 

It's unclear how the horses got on the freeway.