vehicles plus the horse trailer were involved in the crash, which began when the vehicle towing the trailer struck a guardrail.

A driver struck a horse early Sunday on the 15 Freeway in Norco, according to a Riverside County fire official. It was unclear how the horse got onto the freeway.

The crash happened a little before 2 a.m. on the northbound 15 Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol.

One person and a horse are dead after a car struck a horse on the 15 Freeway in Norco overnight. The California Highway Patrol said it received several calls before 2 a.m. Sunday of a horse running around the northbound lanes of the 15 Freeway.

A horse and a person were killed in a crash in Norco early Sunday. The Riverside County Fire Department said the collision between a single vehicle and a horse occurred on the 15 Freeway near the Sixth Street exit around 2:05 a.

A person and a horse died after a car collided with the animal on the 15 Freeway in Norco on Sunday, Sept. 22, authorities said. Around 2 a.m., a sedan was traveling along the freeway, near Sixth Street, when the driver collided with the horse, according to the Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department.