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Vehicle Hits Teen On Horse In Morrison County

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- A teenage horseback rider was hospitalized after a car struck her and her horse Tuesday evening in Morrison County.

The sheriff's office says a 17-year-old girl from Royalton was riding horses with a friend on the side of 250th Avenue near Nature Road in Buckman Township.

Thirty-three-year-old driver Gene Hyatt, of Pierz, was heading north on 250th Avenue and hit one of the horses, knocking off the 17-year-old rider.

The girl was taken to CHI St. Gabriel's Health in Little Falls. Her condition has not been released. The horse's condition is unknown.

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