Minnesota state trooper Jesse Grabow was patrolling Interstate 94 near Alexandria Thursday when a car in front of him careened off the freeway and into Lake Lakota. Grabow say he was calling for backup before the car had even hit the water.

Authorities tell KSTP-TV a mounted patrol was clearing people from a block when 21-year-old Mack Stingley slapped the horse. When officers asked Stingley to leave the horse alone, he allegedly punched the animal in the face.

Two pedestrians were hit and killed by trains on Sunday, one in downtown Dundas near Northfield, Minn., and a recent high school graduate in Fargo.

Last week, a 900-pound quarter horse, Molly, belonging to Lori Hart of rural Aitkin County, was mauled by a cat that a veterinarian confirmed was either a mountain lion or a cougar, the Brainerd Dispatch reports. Molly is recovering, but the attack left the horse with a nasty wound to its back right leg.

Three Wisconsin teens are dead after a single-vehicle crash Tuesday night. The Eau Claire County Sheriff's Department told the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, the car was traveling at a high rate of speed when it crashed. Two other minors were injured. A toxicology test will be conducted on the driver, but alcohol is not suspected.