Expect a massive tie-up along Highway 91 through Corona for most of the morning as freeway crews clean up after a wreck involving a herd of horses, the California Highway Patrol warns.

The two eastbound car pool lanes and the fast lane reopened, CHP Officer Albert Gracino said about 6:45 a.m.

The accident happened about 3:30 a.m. in the eastbound lanes near Green River Drive.

About a dozen horses got loose in the traffic lanes, according to initial reports. At least one animal was killed and the rest had to be rounded up.

Gracino figures that the clean-up will take about 40 minutes.

But the back-up will last for hours in both directions.

"The back-up westbound is to La Sierra - eight, nine, maybe 10 miles," Gracino said. "I can't really make out the backup coming in from the west. At the very least, it's got to be back to Gypsum Canyon - that's about seven or eight miles.

"After they get it cleaned up, the residual backup is going to be several hours."

--Richard Brooks
rbrooks@PE.com

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