A local woman was injured recently when the horse she was riding, in eastern Anderson County, apparently bolted into the path of an oncoming vehicle. Anderson County Undersheriff Wes McClain, says 40-year-old Candy Kent, of rural Garnett, was riding horseback along the right-of-way of Texas Road, north of 1300 Road, when her horse apparently rushed up the embankment and into the path of a truck driven by Jason Hermreck of Bush City. The horse died from its injuries and Kent was transported to Anderson County Hospital for treatment of injuries including a head injury. Neither Hermreck nor his passenger, Alyssa, Staats of Paola, were inured.
According to the Anderson County Review, a source close to Kent says she was treated at St. Luke’s Hospital on the Plaza for a broken collarbone and other injuries as well as a slight brain bleed from the incident. She was expected to be released late last week.
