A zebra who lived at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence for more than two decades died last week in a “tragic accident," the zoo said.

A zebra died in "a tragic accident" at a Rhode Island zoo after apparently panicking during a storm, zoo officials said. The plains zebra, named Samantha, collided "with a fence in her holding area" during the July 3 storm and was killed instantly,

Zoo officials are mourning the loss of a beloved zebra who died in a bizarre incident during Saturday’s storm.