Driver dead after crashing into horse that got loose from farm: York police

A 60-year-old man is dead after he crashed into a horse in York Region early Friday, police say.

York Regional Police said officers responded to the scene in the area of Davis Drive West and Keele Street in King Township around 2:45 a.m.

Police said a grey Toyota Corolla crashed into a horse and the driver, a Newmarket resident, died at the scene.

“The Toyota Corolla struck a horse on the road and then hit a culvert, causing the driver to be ejected from the vehicle,” police said in a statement.

Responding officers learned that several horses — initially reported to be anywhere from 20 to 50 — got loose from a nearby farm before the collision.

0:32 Surveillance video shows horses on the loose in York Region

One of the horses died while the rest were gathered and returned to the farm.

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Global News obtained surveillance video from the front door of a home on Sweetwater Crescent, near Davis Drive West and Bathurst Street, showing a large group of horses walking on the front lawn and in the roadway.

Lisa, who provided the video and did not want to provide her last name, said she got notifications on her doorbell camera and was shocked when she looked at the video.

She said it was heartbreaking to hear that someone died.

Police are looking for any witnesses or anyone with additional information to contact investigators.

1:06 Man dead after car crash that involved horses in York Region

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