PARKMAN TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) - A woman riding in a horse-drawn buggy was fatally ejected after a commercial trunk slammed into it in Geauga County, the Ohio State Highway Patrol confirmed.

Troopers from the OSHP Chardon Post were sent to the crash on US-422 near OH-528 in Parkman Township at approximately 7:39 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 12.

OSHP said a 2019 red Volvo commercial truck driven by a 31-year-old Dearborn, Mich. man was heading east on US-422 behind a horse and buggy.

The truck struck the back of the buggy, which ejected both the man and the woman riding inside, according to OSHP.

The passenger died from her injuries on scene, said OSHP.

She was identified by OSHP as 60-year-old Mary A. Byler of Burton.

The 62-year-old Burton man controlling the buggy was flown to University Ho

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