ONE MAN IS DEAD FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A MOTORCYCLE AND A HORSE. IT HAPPENED AROUND 7PM SUNDAY ON COUNTY ROAD 45 IN SANTA FE COUNTY. THE MOTORCYCLE HAD TWO PEOPLE ON IT, 65 YEAR OLD STEVEN MUDGE AND HIS 56 YEAR OLD WIFE, NANCY.
SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES SAY THE MOTORCYCLE HIT THE HORSE FROM BEHIND, THROWING THE COUPLE OFF THE MOTORCYCLE . MR MUDGE DIED IN THE CRASH WHILE HIS WIFE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE RIDER OF THE HORSE, EDWARD PINKARD, WAS TREATED AT THE SCENE.
BOTH MOTORCYCLE RIDERS WERE WEARING HELMETS. THE CONDITION OF THE HORSE IS NOT KNOWN.
