Maryland 2-Year-Old Dies After Ejection From Horse-Drawn Buggy

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 2-year-old kid was killed Sunday day erstwhile a horse-drawn buggy overturned successful Cecil County, authorities said.

The deadly mishap happened astir 6 p.m. astatine a spot connected Mount Olivet Road successful Rising Sun, according to a merchandise from the Cecil County Sheriff’s Office.

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Deputies said 3 children, ages 2 to 7, were seated wrong the stationary buggy erstwhile the equine took disconnected earlier their parents could intervene.

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The buggy struck a barn astir 200 feet distant and continued connected Mount Olivet, wherever it overturned and ejected the 2-year-old, deputies said.

The unnamed kid was taken to an Elkton infirmary but did not survive.

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The incidental remains nether investigation.

CBS Baltimore Staff