The crash occurred Tuesday in Gloucester County. Police are searching for the vehicle and driver.
Police are investigating after a horse was killed and its 14-year-old rider injured in a hit-and-run crash Tuesday evening in Gloucester County.
A Sicklerville girl was riding the horse along the westbound shoulder of Monroeville Road in Franklin Township shortly before 8 p.m., with a 21-year-old Camden man riding a second horse, according to Franklin Township police. A vehicle, believed to be an older-model, light-colored pickup truck, was also traveling west in the 1500 block of Monroeville Road when it struck the horse the girl was riding, police said.The girl suffered various injuries and was taken to Cooper University Hospital, Camden, where she was listed in stable condition as of Wednesday morning, police reported.
The horse, which was boarded at a farm in neighboring Salem County, died at the scene and was turned over to its owner, police said. The other rider and his horse were not injured.Our journalism needs your support. Please subscribe today to
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