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Woman and horse injured in vehicle crash

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A woman and the horse she was riding on were injured after being struck by a vehicle.

The collision happened on early Wednesday night in the 66-thousand block of County Road 376 in Van Buren County.

ABC 57 News reports a 49-year-old woman and another person were riding horses on the side of the road when one of the riders had a saddle issue. The woman got off her horse to attend to the saddle when she and the horse were struck by the vehicle.

The woman was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The horse sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

Factors into the crash are still being investigated.

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