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flatbed tow truck loads a wrecked sedan on Highway 121 southwest of Napa
Wednesday morning.
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A motorist is dead after crashing into a group of horses that were
standing on a rural highway outside the city of Napa.
Three of the
horses also died early Wednesday in the accident that killed 46-year-old Mark
Trupiano, of Santa Rosa. The remaining two animals were euthanized due to their
injuries.
Authorities say Trupiano was driving on a straight, but dark
stretch of Highway 121 when he apparently plowed into the horses at about 5:15
a.m. The impact was so great it ripped the hood off his Mitsubishi Gallant.
California Highway Patrol and Napa County animal control officers were
trying to find out who owned the horses and why they were roaming free in the
road.
