FREDERIC SERRE
The 1019 Report

There was high drama on a quiet country road in Ste. Marthe last Friday afternoon when a car slammed into a horse, killing the animal and sending the vehicle’s two occupants to hospital with minor injuries.

The collision occurred at about 3 p.m. in front of 343 Ste. Marie Rd. According to the SQ, the horse had escaped from a nearby stall the previous evening after a violent thunder and lightning storm rolled into the area.

Unable to avoid the frightened animal, the driver of the car lost control after slamming into the horse. By the time paramedics, police and firefighters arrived on the scene, the two occupants, including the male driver, managed to get out of the wreckage, which was stuck in a deep ditch. Sadly, the horse was pronounced dead at the scene.

The force of the impact, which caused the car to crash into a ditch, destroyed the vehicle, said the Sûreté du Québec’s Valérie Beauchamp.