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NAPPANEE - An Etna Green teen-ager was injured Tuesday afternoon when the horse he was riding was struck by a car near Nappanee.
Aaron J. Beechy, 14, of West CR 750N, suffered multiple abrasions in the 2:35 p.m. accident on CR 850N, 1,500 feet east of CR 800W.
According to a Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department report, Beechy was riding the horse eastbound on CR 850N when it became spooked and darted into the path of a westbound car driven by Sylvia S. Borkholder, 32, West CR 850N, Etna Green.
Borkholder said she was unable to avoid the collision and struck the horse and rider head-on. Borkholder's car then traveled into a ditch on the north side of the road. She complained of knee pain after the accident.
No information was available as to the medical attention of either of the injured and no information was available on the condition of the horse.
Damage is estimated at $1,000 to $2,500 to Borkholder's car.
