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Car-vs-horse accident north of Atlantic Thursday night

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February 3rd, 2017 by Ric Hanson

An Atlantic woman was injured when the vehicle she was driving struck a horse on the road north of Atlantic, Thursday night. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports 59-year old Pamra Charlene Pennington, of Atlantic, was southbound on Olive Street approaching Fair River Road at around 7-p.m., when two horses entered the roadway, causing the 2005 Buick LeSabre to strike one of the horses. Pennington was transported to the Cass County Memorial hospital by Medivac Ambulance. The injured horse, owned by Bob Bebensee, had to be put down. Damage to Pennington’s vehicle is estimated at $3,000.