A horse is dead after being forced off a road and into a storm drain by a passing car. The accident occurred on Dec. 4 when a speeding car reportedly forced 100-year-old rider Bert Bonnett and his Missouri Fox Trotter mare, Cassie, from the road they were travelling on in an equestrian community in Sunland, Calif. The mare slipped on the leaf-covered metal entry to a storm drain and subsequently became lodged in the drain, according to reports.

Bonnett was riding his mare home after a Christmas caroling group ride when a car carelessly forced the horse and rider off the road. The car did not stop, and two other riders following Bonnett were unable to get the car's license number.