A woman was rushed to hospital with head injuries after she was run over by a traveller racing at Appleby Horse Fair.
The woman was seen lying on the floor after apparently being hit by a horse and carriage during the event in Westmorland, Cumbria, yesterday at around midday.
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A witness said the race involved around 15 travellers who were constantly going up and down the road.
It looked like a girl had tried to cross the road and shed been hit and was knocked unconscious, they told the Sun Online.
She was knocked out cold. She had a head injury and had been cut above her right eye and there was blood coming from it.
The lad stopped for a second before legging it.
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North West Ambulance Service confirmed it had taken a woman to hospital following an incident but did not reveal the extent of her injuries.
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A spokesman said: We were called at 12.33pm today to reports of a collision between a person and a horse. The female was taken to Cumberland Infirmary.
A teenage boy was also apparently injured after falling off his horse in a separate incident earlier in the day.
He was also said to have been knocked unconscious.
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As many as 40,000 people are expected to attend Appleby Horse Fair over the weekend, with 10,000 of them being travellers.
The event started on Thursday and ends on Sunday.
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