A vehicle struck a donkey on Reche Canyon Road in the Redlands area on Saturday, August 29, 2026, leaving at least one person injured along with the animal. The California Highway Patrol logged the crash at approximately 11:55 a.m. near 8081 Reche Canyon Road, a rural corridor known for wild burros that wander onto the roadway. It was not immediately known how many people were in the vehicle or how severe the reported injury was. A witness told the CHP the donkey was down in a roadside gutter trying to get back up after the impact. Emergency crews responded to the scene to handle the injured person and the animal.
According to MyNewsLA.com, at least one person and a donkey were injured when the vehicle struck the animal, though the outlet reported that the number of occupants in the vehicle and the extent of their injuries remained unknown at the time of publication. MyNewsLA.com attributed the time and location of the crash to a California Highway Patrol incident log entry. The outlet also reported the witness account that the donkey was found in a gutter attempting to stand before succumbing to its injuries. No arrests or citations had been reported as of the initial report, and the CHP had not released further details on the cause of the collision.