Young girl seriously injured, taken to hospital, after her horse and buggy are struck, by a tractor-trailer driven by Jared Kreider, 24, on the Old Philadelphia Pike in Leacock Township.

A girl operating a horse and buggy was injured this morning after a collision with a tractor-trailer Monday morning on Old Philadelphia Pike in Leacock Township, Lancaster County, state police at Lancaster said. The horse and buggy, which was westbound on Old Philadelphia Pike, was turning left at 7:43 a.m. when it was struck by a tractor-trailer that was attempting to pass it on the left, police said. The tractor trailer driver, Jared Kreider, 24, of Lancaster, was not injured. The passenger side of the horse and buggy was struck, police said. The horse was deceased at the scene, and the girl was taken to Lancaster General Hospital, police said. Her injuries were not believed to be life-threatening, police said. The buggy spun and came to rest in a ditch.