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Report: Woman Killed When Horse Lands On Car, Crushes Roof

ASHLAND TWP. (KDKA) -- Police say a woman was killed Easter Sunday in Clarion County when a horse entered the roadway and collided with her vehicle.

Explore Clarion reports it happened 8:30 p.m. along State Route 338 in Ashland Township.

Clarion County Coroner Terry Shaffer said a "horse came up on the hood and then on top of the roof, causing the roof to cave in."

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The vehicle continued to travel west across the eastern berm and then crossed back over the roadway and crashed into a ditch.

The driver, identified as 49-year-old Beatrice King, of Guys Mills, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The horse also died in the incident.

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