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PA Amish Girl Dragged To Death By Horse: Coroner PA Amish Girl Dragged To Death By Horse: Coroner
PA Amish Girl Dragged To Death By Horse: Coroner A 9-year-old Amish girl has died following a horse training accident on her family farm, Lancaster County Chief Deputy Coroner Eric Bieber announced on Wednesday, June 26. The girl had been leading the horse on foot in a training session on her family's farm in the 190 block of Snake Lane in Kinzers, when it became spooked — entangling her in its reins — dragging her down the road on Tuesday, June 25, according to the coroner's office.  What happened next isn't entirely clear but soon she was taken to Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital where "resuscitation efforts" had …

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by Jillian Pikora
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K9 Chokes To Death In Police Training Exercise In Pennsylvania K9 Chokes To Death In Police Training Exercise In Pennsylvania
K9 Chokes To Death In Police Training Exercise In Pennsylvania A police dog is dead after choking on an unnamed object during a training exercise at his handler's home on Tuesday, Sept. 19, say Newberry Township police.  The handler rendered "life-saving efforts" on Zar, a 5-year-old Belgian Malinois-German Shepherd mix, but was unable to dislodge the foreign object from his airway, police said.  He was rushed to an emergency clinic where he was pronounced dead, according to the department.  The dog's remains will be escorted to the Newberry Animal Emergency Center at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night for cremation, and "numerous poli…

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by Mac Bullock