LEE COUNTY (WIFR) - A child is one of two people who died in a single-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon near Steward, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.

Two others were injured and several horses were also involved.

Deputies responded before 12:40 p.m. Saturday to I-39 Southbound Milepost 92 for a White Ford Heavy Duty Pick-up Truck/White Cherokee Horse Trailer which reportedly hit a tree.

Four people were in the vehicle. The office says the two rear passengers, a 5-year-old boy and 32-year-old man, died. The 25-year-old male driver and 47-year-old male passenger in the front were taken to a local hospital with injuries.

The horse’s conditions are unknown at this time.

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