Portage — Police say a 3-year-old Chicago boy died after a horse landed on him at a northwestern Indiana horse farm.
The Lake County coroner's office says Amier Sanchez died from blunt force trauma at St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart soon after he was injured Monday evening at the farm near Portage.
Porter County police Lt. Chris Eckert says the boy was placed on a horse that reared up and then fell on him. Eckert says it appears to be a "freak accident."
Farm owner Victor Maldonado says the boy was the son of a friend to the horse's owner and that they had all come to see the animal. Maldonado says he didn't know of any previous problems with the 6-year-old stallion or what might have caused its actions.
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