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

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