BOSTON (WWLP) – Massachusetts health officials report a third case of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in a horse this year. According to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), the horse was exposed in Carver, an area already at high risk for EEE.

It is the state’s first confirmed case of EEE in a horse this year. DATCP has not had a reported case of EEE in Wisconsin since 2021, but cases have been reported in other states this year. EEE and West Nile Virus are viruses that can cause inflammation of the brain (encephalitis).

A car passenger has died after a horse got loose from a trailer and smashed through his vehicle's windshield on a Calif. highway, according to multiple reports

The passenger in a car was killed when a horse smashed through the windshield during a series of crashes on a Southern California interstate over the weekend, authorities said.

Image via YouTube A horse escape led to a man's death after the animal collided with the vehicle. It killed a male passenger in the car. The animal got loose from its trailer prior to the accident. It then crossed paths with a vehicle in Norco,