Port Angeles man injured when car hits horses on state Highway 112

Published 12:01 am Tuesday, December 27, 2011

PORT ANGELES — Two horses died and a 41-year-old Port Angeles man suffered lacerations Monday morning when a vehicle collided with the animals on state Highway 112 near Freshwater Bay.

Jimmy W. Pennington was treated and released from Olympic Medical Center after the 6:07 a.m. wreck eight miles west of Port Angeles, State Patrol troopers said.

Pennington was driving a 1986 Volkswagen Jetta in the eastbound lane when he went around a curve and struck three horses standing in the roadway,

troopers said.

The vehicle went off the eastbound shoulder and came to a rest against an embankment, according to the collision memo.

State Patrol spokesman Christopher Berg said two horses died as a result of the impact.

A third horse was returned to its owner, Berg said.

Pennington was wearing a seat belt, troopers said.

Drugs or alcohol were not involved, the State Patrol said.

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