Terrible Day for a Local Horse Owner

Dayton Daily News:

Three people are injured and seven horses are dead after dozens of horses escaped an area farm.
An estimated 39 horses got away from a Miami County property on West Sugar Grove Road early Friday morning. Some were wrangled in the 8000 block of U.S. 36 on the western edge of Covington.
Others were found along U.S. 36, where at least three crashes were caused by the roaming horses.
The horses in those crashes died.
Two crashes occurred within minutes of each other around 3:30 a.m. on Ohio 41, east of Covington. Drivers in those crashes were taken to Upper Valley Medical Center for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
Three horses were killed in the wrecks on Ohio 41.
An additional horse was injured, but later put down by a Miami County deputy with the permission of the owners. The horse's injuries were determined to be too severe to survive, according to deputies.
As of 5:50 a.m., deputies and wranglers still searched the widespread area, searching for more than a dozen horses still unaccounted for. By 8:30 a.m., it was believed all 39 horses were captured.

I've had a cow get hit by a car, and that is a really shitty situation.  Having 39 horses out and seven get hit by cars is a terrible day.  I am glad to see a deputy put one horse down.  When my cow needed shot, the deputy wouldn't do it.  I had to go back home and get a gun and shoot the cow myself.  That wasn't the best start to a morning.