Update: A horse pulling a buggy spooked for an unknown reason while leaving a private driveway on Route 17 in Jefferson about 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, and jumped out in front of a truck Donald Bosvert, 50, of Jefferson was driving eastbound, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Lt. Brendan Kane said in a phone interview Dec. 3. The impact killed the horse, Kane said.

Neither Bosvert nor the buggy’s driver, Noah Hostepler, 22, of Jefferson was hurt, Kane said.

Original post: Lincoln County Sheriff’s Lt. Brendan Kane said via email Thursday, a road accident in Jefferson Wednesday night claimed a horse. “There was a truck versus buggy accident last evening. The horse was killed in the event ... on Route 17 in Jefferson. No people were hurt in the event.”

Further details were not available yet.