It was a great day to spend at Moraine State Park in Butler County on Sunday— except for some on the seven-mile bike trail.

A series of accidents — one involving a hit-and-run deer — befell three out-of-county residents, leaving two of them in need of hospital treatment, according to park officials.

At 2:30 p.m., a 61-year-old woman from Allegheny County’s North Hills fell while riding an electric scooter just before Nealys Point She was with her husband, who also was on a scooter

“She’s not sure how it happened,” said Curtis Reynolds, a ranger.

She hit her head in the fall and suffered knee scrapes. Portersville EMS took her to Butler Memorial Hospital. Her condition was not known.

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