A runaway horse caused some traffic troubles in San Diego’s East County Thursday morning before ending up in the parking lot of a high school, officials said.
According to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, a horse wandered onto busy Mast Boulevard near West Hills Parkway in Santee.
Deputies and officials with the County of San Diego Department of Animal Services were called to the area to corral the horse. They chased the animal along the street and deputies said the horse nearly ran onto State Route 52 at the end of Mast Boulevard.
Officials cornered the horse, and it ran the opposite way, back up Mast Boulevard. Eventually, deputies were able to stop corral the animal in the parking lot of West Hills High School, the sheriff’s department said.
During the chase, officials stopped some traffic in the area as officials worked to keep the horse safe.
By 10:30 a.m., the sheriff’s department said the four-legged runaway had been picked up by its owners. The animal was unharmed. No details were released on where the horse ran away from or how he escaped.
West Hills High School is currently on winter break, so students were not on campus or in the parking lot at the time of the incident.
