23-Year-Old Woman Dies After “Horsing Accident”

Police say a person has died following what they described as a "horsing accident."

The incident happened Monday morning in Dutchess County.

According to New York State Police, troopers were sent to a family farm on Byrds Hill Road in the town of Dover around 10:45 a.m. after a woman fell off a horse.

Investigators say the horse reared for an unknown reason, falling on top of the rider.

23-year-old Samantha Calzone of Greenwich, Connecticut was pronounced dead at the scene.

Northern Dutchess paramedics and the Dutchess County medical examiner's office assisted police at the scene.

Contact WNBF News reporter Bob Joseph: bob@wnbf.com

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