Originally published March 10, 2010 at 11:37 PM | Page modified March 11, 2010 at 6:21 PM

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Washington rider dies in apparent fall from horse

A 57-year-old Battle Ground woman has died of injuries suffered in an apparent fall from a horse, according to a Clark County sheriff's officer.

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VANCOUVER, Wash. —

A 57-year-old Battle Ground woman has died of injuries suffered in an apparent fall from a horse, according to a Clark County sheriff's officer.

Sgt. Kevin Allais said deputies were called Wednesday evening to a boarding stable in Hockinson after a horse returned without its rider. A fellow rider went looking for the missing woman and found the body of Candace Morrison about a mile up a gravel road owned by a timber company. Allais says Morrison had not been wearing a riding helmet and suffered head trauma.

An autopsy is pending.

Morrison was a music teacher at Hudson's Bay High School in Vancouver.

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The government must immediately commission a study on the preventing horse falls; and L & I better investigate. Then their should be laws... Posted on March 11, 2010 at 9:44 AM by rapture. Jump to comment

Oh......and don't forget the AIRBAGS for horses too. Posted on March 11, 2010 at 7:51 PM by Enuf Already. Jump to comment

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