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Pennsylvania Amish girl, 9, dies after being dragged by horse

Royal Ascot 2024 - Day Two ASCOT, ENGLAND - JUNE 19: Horse detail during day two of Royal Ascot 2024 at Ascot Racecourse on June 19, 2024 in Ascot, England. (Photo by Tom Dulat/Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse) (Tom Dulat/Getty Images for Ascot Racecours)

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — An Amish girl from Pennsylvania died after she was dragged by a horse Tuesday.

NBC News affiliate WGAL reports that the Lancaster County coroner said the horse dragged the girl about a quarter of a mile at a farm in Salisbury Township.

The girl had been training the horse with a lead wrapped around her wrist when it somehow became spooked and took off, WGAL said.

She died at the hospital from what is believed to be multiple traumatic injuries and her death has been ruled an accident, WGAL reports.

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