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Two buggies struck by hit-and-run drivers (Police seek leads)

February 6, 2012

Two horse-drawn buggies were struck from behind by hit-and-run drivers in the past two days, police said. A young woman was injured early Monday when a vehicle struck the back of a horse-drawn buggy in Paradise Township, state police at Lancaster said.

Amos King Jr., 19, of Quarryville, was driving a horse and buggy south on South Belmont Road, south of Lincoln Highway East, when another southbound vehicle struck the buggy from behind at 12:43 a.m., they said. Ruthann Zook, 18, of Paradise, one of two women riding on the back of the buggy, was injured in the crash, police said.