Updated: September 28, 2008, 9:13 PM ET
Horse trainer, 88, killed before race in Pa.
ERIE, Pa. -- An 88-year-old thoroughbred trainer was fatally struck in the head by one of his horses before the start of a race.
John Wilson was unresponsive after he was hit and was taken by ambulance to Hamot Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, Jennifer See, a spokeswoman for Presque Isle Downs and Casino, said Sunday.
Wilson is based out of a track in Fort Erie, Ontario. On Saturday night, he was readying 2-year-old gelding Forbidden Dreams for a stakes race, See said.
"The horse reared up, and when it came back down it struck him in the head," she said.
Autopsy results were not immediately released.
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press
