Waldo County Police responded to an accident Thursday afternoon where a pick-up truck hit a horse in the town of Swanville. 

A deputy found Wayne Ely, 49, of Searsport was headed southbound when his vehicle struck the horse in the roadway just after 3 p.m.

The horse belonged to a local resident whose teenage daughter was walking the horse along the side of North Searsport Road when the animal broke free and entered the roadway.

The horse was killed upon impact. Ely’s truck was damaged but he was not injured.

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