WEST BURLINGTON - Nine people were taken to hospitals on Thursday following
an accident involving a horse and wagon at the Bradford County Manor. None of
the victims' identities have been released to the public at this time. According
Connie Taylor, Assistant Director of Nursing at Bradford County Manor, a picnic
was being held for residents and staff members at the facility on Thursday. Part
of the festivities, she said, included a horse-drawn wagon that people could
take rides on.
Taylor said that a "slight accident" occurred involving the
wagon, injuring nine people in the process. Three of the people are manor
residents, Taylor explained, three are county employees, and three are
volunteers. Taylor declined to give the names of those involved in the accident,
explaining that additional information would have to be obtained before they
could be released. Troy Fire Chief Roy Vargson reported that the Guthrie One
helicopter transported one of the accident victims from the scene. The rest, he
said, were transported via various ambulances.
In addition to Troy Fire
Department, other emergency responders at the scene included Western Alliance,
East Smithfield, and the ambulance from Memorial Hospital, Vargson said. Mary
McKerrow, administrator at the Bradford County Manor, said later that no further
information can be provided to the public at this time because of HIPPA privacy
regulations. She said the manor may be able to release additional information in
the near future.
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