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North Bend graduate dies in horse riding accident

Staff and Wire Reports
A 2020 North Bend Central High School graduate has died after being thrown from a horse Friday at a Lexington, Ky., training track.
A Keeneland Racing spokeswoman confirmed Callie Witt, 20, died Friday morning after being thrown from a 2-year-old horse. Alpha Event Medicine, the on-site medical personnel, immediately tended to Witt for life-threatening injuries, according to a statement by Keeneland.
The Lexington Fire and Emergency arrived quickly and took her to the University of Kentucky Hospital Emergency Department. Witt was later pronounced dead from blunt force injuries. Witt had worked for trainer Joe Sharp.
Witt was a girls state wrestling champion for the Tigers at 113 pounds in 2020. The Associated Press noted that The Blood-Horse, a magazine on international horse racing and breeding, had the news of Witt’s passing as its top story Friday afternoon.

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