A person driving along a darkened highway in Trumbull County ran into a horse early Wednesday.

Dispatchers were told that the driver struck one of two horses that were walking along Kinsman Road in Greene Township shortly before 4:30 a.m.

The horse that was struck died. The driver wasn’t seriously injured.

Authorities closed Kinsman Road between Route 46 and Dennison Ashtabula Road NE while the Ohio Department of Transportation was contacted to remove the horse.