Crime & Safety
Car Hits Horse on Route 176
Horse, with injuries too severe to treat, had to be euthanized at the accident scene.
A horse was struck by a car on Route 176 on Friday after several horses escaped from their pasture.
McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren said that at about 1:10 AM on Sept. 28, deputies responded to 15100 block of Route 176 in unincorporated Seneca Township for a car crash involving a horse.
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No passengers in the vehicle were injured, Nygren said.
The owners of the horse were located, and police called a veterinary doctor to the scene. The injuries to the horse were determined to be too severe to treat, and the horse was euthanized at the scene.
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No charges were filed as a result of this crash, Nygren said.
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