Pretty wonderful that a automotive flipped at highway speeds and no one was severely damage. Are any costs pending in opposition to the horse proprietor? I don't need to forged aspersions with out proof, so I won't identify the enterprise, but it surely appears pretty apparent a guess that the horses were at a certain ranch and escaped. If so, the owners probably board them there and the responsibility belongs with the ranch. Is probably not the owner's/owners' fault. Sure, the vast majority of horses in the area are boarded, not stabled on horse owner property. Pretty horrible time for those drivers, although. That is awful, & it may've been even worse. The property on each sides belongs to Stanford U. PVEC is a bunch of sub-barns and there is at the least one if no more extra operations farther up Ansel Lane. 280 the horses would have come from. Could you think about that somebody meant their horses to be killed on the freeway? Too dangerous it took the CHP an hour to cast the SIG alert - it appears they didn't react in time to forestall persevering with tragedy? Just for the report they did not come from PVTC! So solid all the aspersions you want! I didn't "blame" anybody, nor did I "imagine" somebody wished harm, be aware my use of the word "escape". I nonetheless doubt bronze horse statues for sale that will be the case. I was referring to @wonderful that thought the homeowners could be liable. As for my guess, after wanting at the map, I am glad I did not say the title, the one I used to be guessing is on the south aspect of 280, with the lengthy lease. You'd want greater than a handful of fingers to rely. My error stems from being a north peninsula gal, I nonetheless think of 280 as north/south! The information reported this morning that they obtained loose from Webb Ranch. I'm more aware of the south facet stables; I do not know which is the obvious (ie.. Someone thought they'd latched a gate, however hadn't. The SJ Mercury News studies that they wandered a mile from the corral the place a gate was left loose. Mea culpa -- I was reacting defensively in protection of the ranch I rode at as a kid (WR) which is on the "south" side of 280. From what I know, all their horses are additionally on the alternative aspect of the creek from the 280 north on- ramp. There are going to be a lot of sad children in addition to us adult horse lovers. I'm feeling very dangerous for the ranch and all the youngsters who rode these horses in lessons. I am not feeling as dangerous for the ranch homeowners & kids who rode the horses as I am feeling for the horses themselves & the poor people who hit them. Glad no human lives have been lost and very sad for the lack of the horses. Sorry for my reactivity in earlier submit. Shocked anybody would blame the horse house owners. Hazards like deer (and, in the past, horses and cattle and even pedestrians and stalled automobiles) appear on 280. I attempt to not drive within the shoulder lane, especially at night, to present myself more room to maneuver should a deer bound into the roadway. Many people use 280 as a speedway! What are they going to do if they hit a deer - sue the deer? I am a very long time Woodside and Portola Valley Resident. For the past 15 years I have had reason to be on the 280 between the hours of 4:30-6:30am and i can tell you not many maintain the velocity limit. Velocity and over driving the reach of headlights are possible culprits, so please don't blame the poor horses and their homeowners. It's as if drivers think that few drivers on the highway make it the Autobahn! They need to deal with it as though they're driving in icy conditions - Slow down. The speed restrict is about as the secure speed beneath ultimate situations, which includes daylight, something less than splendid requires slower speeds. Perhaps if the CHP would spend extra time within the early hours monitoring traffic we might have much less gridlock that begins with wildlife (or relatively recently domesticated animals) being hit and killed.
