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Two People LifeFlighted From Fayette County Saturday

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Emergency crews were been busy in Fayette County Saturday.

Emergency dispatchers say one woman was life-flighted after an accident in the Armstrong Creek area.

They say a woman with a horse was hit by a vehicle around 3 p.m. 

She was flown to an area hospital with neck and back injuries.

No word on the driver's condition or the horse.

And another person was life-flighted from Fayette County Saturday, this one an ATV accident.

Fayette County Sheriff's Captain Jim Sizemore says it happened around 5:30 p.m. in the Robson area.

The driver of the ATV was found unconscious after his 4-wheeler overturned.

Sizemore says he believes the driver was flown to a Charleston hospital.

Deputy P.J. Pack is investigating the accident.