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Man hurt after falling off mule in Moab

Published: Thursday, April 3, 2008 10:55 a.m. MDT
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MOAB — A man was injured after falling off a mule while on a trail ride.

Grand County sheriff's deputies said the accident happened Wednesday afternoon as the 66-year-old man from Lapine, Ore., was riding the mule on a trail ride near State Route 128. The man suffered broken ribs, a collapsed lung, bruises and scrapes, deputies said.

Search and rescue teams carried him to an ambulance where he was taken to a local hospital to be treated for his injuries.

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