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picture courtesy of Panora EMS

A woman was seriously injured after a horse riding accident in Guthrie County Sunday morning. 

According to the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office, first responders were dispatched near the 2500 block of Winding Trail near Marlowe Ray Hunting in Linden at roughly 9:51am when a woman was climbing a steep bank on a horse and the horse fell over on top of the woman in a ravine. 

The woman was rescued from the ravine using a watercraft and ground ambulance and was then life-flighted  to a hospital in Des Moines. The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office and Panora Emergency Medical Services, Panora Fire and Rescue all assisted on the scene. Raccoon Valley Radio will provide you with more information as it becomes available.