Driver hits horse on Idaho backroad in open-range area

Car Crash Idaho Today in Idaho: A driver commuting to work on a country road in Idaho struck a horse that was crossing the road with a group of five horses heading to an open pasture. The 2005 Toyota Corolla was totaled and landed in a drainage ditch; the driver was uninjured. Another vehicle, a green SUV, also hit the same horse and came to rest in the same ditch, and its driver was not injured. The horse was killed. The article notes Idaho is an open-range state under Idaho Code § 25-2118, where livestock owners are generally not liable for vehicle damage or injuries from collisions with their animals on open range.