Details released in Pilot Rock Road collision

The Christian County Sheriff’s Department has released details on the vehicle versus horse and buggy on Pilot Rock Road. 

According to the collision report, nine-year-old Karen Weaver was riding in a buggy being drawn by a horse near Shaw Ovil Road around 8 a.m. Thursday morning when the horse apparently became startled by something. The horse reportedly entered the eastbound lane of travel, where it was struck by the side of a vehicle driven by 28-year-old Martha Martin of Hopkinsville. 

The horse got loose from the buggy was located a short distance away, uninjured. 

Weaver was flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for treatment.