JACKSON — Police are searching for the driver of a vehicle that collided with an Amish buggy on state Route 22 on Tuesday in a crash that left seven people injured, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.
Amish Buggy Accidents
Every year, cars and buggies collide on America’s highways, and, quite often, people end up in hospitals or get killed. We have listed many buggy accidents that have occurred across the United States since 2010.
In order to see a listing of news stories, click on the year or buggy photo corresponding with the year you would like to see below:
2025 Buggy Accidents
July 31, 2025
COLERAIN TOWNSHIP, PA – The Pennsylvania State Police is investigating a horse and buggy and a pickup truck collided on Wednesday evening.
The crash happened in the 400 block of Bell Road near Sproul Road in Colerain Township at 5:15 p.m.
July 30, 2025
CANTON, NY – A St. Lawrence County woman faces charges after allegedly crashing into an Amish buggy, seriously injuring 2 people, and leaving the scene.
Sheriff’s deputies charged 35-year-old Larissa Carlin of Lisbon with a felony count of leaving the scene of a personal injury accident.
July 25, 2025
OWINGSVILLE, KY – On Thursday, July 24, 2025, Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 8 Morehead was notified by Bath County Dispatch of a hit and run collision on KY 11 in Bath County involving a Amish horse and buggy.
Preliminary investigation shows that Ricardo Geronimo Salas, 21, of Mt. Sterling was operating his Toyota Camry along KY 11 when he struck a Amish buggy being pulled by a horse. After striking the buggy Mr. Salas stopped to check the damage on his car then fled the scene.
July 18, 2025
TOWN OF CLAYTON, NY – Two members of the Amish community were injured Friday morning after a car struck the horse-drawn buggy they were riding in.
It happened on County Route 54 in the town of Clayton near the intersection of Morris Tract Road.
July 14, 2025
STEWARTVILLE, MN – A woman entered a guilty plea on Friday acknowledging that she was the driver – and not her twin sister who crashed into an Amish buggy, killing two children and injuring two more in southern Minnesota nearly two years ago.
July 14, 2025
CENTRE COUNTY, PA – Pennsylvania State Police report the passenger in an Amish Buggy died from injuries after a crash over the July 4 weekend.
Troopers were called to the scene of the crash on July 5 at 5:51 p.m. on SR 150/North Eagle Valley Road in Liberty Township.
July 7, 2025
A 22-year-old Livonia man was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired after allegedly crashing into an Amish buggy, the Gladwin County Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputies say the crash happened at around 11:12 p.m. on July 4, when the man, driving a 2019 Toyota 4Runner, struck a buggy while driving eastbound on Wirtz Road near Nickless Road in Gladwin County.
July 2, 2025
An injury accident occurred at just before 6:00 pm Tuesday evening on State Route 31, just south of Mt. Victory.
According to information from the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office, it involved a vehicle and an Amish buggy, but no names have been provided.
July 1, 2025
MARSHALL COUNTY, IN – Indiana authorities say two people are dead after a pickup truck hit a horse-drawn buggy on Monday evening in Marshall County.
The crash happened around 5:30 p.m. on 8th Road, west of Apple Road.
June 30, 2025
MARSHALL COUNTY, IN – Two people are dead after a pickup truck hit a horse-drawn buggy on Monday evening in Marshall County.
The crash happened around 5:30 p.m. on 8th Road just west of Apple Road.
June 24, 2025
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA — An Amish buggy crashed in Pittsylvania County Tuesday morning, according to state police.
According to the Virginia State Police, the crash occurred at 11:00 a.m. on Alan Creek Road.
June 19, 2025
A box truck struck a horse and buggy on Ernsberger Road in Varick on June 16, leaving two men injured and causing a power pole to collapse.
The Seneca County Sheriff’s Office identified the buggy operator as Enis Hertzler, 38, of Ogden Road in Varick. Deputies say the crash occurred around 9 a.m. as Hertzler traveled westbound.
June 16, 2025
A mid-Sunday morning accident between an ATV and horse-drawn buggy resulted in the death of the buggy driver, and serious injury to a passenger.
The Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office, along with EMS and fire personnel, responded to the incident on US Highway 10 east of Maertz Road in the Township of Cato.
June 15, 2025
GRANT COUNTY, WI – One person was injured in a car vs. buggy crash.
Tuesday morning (June 10) at approximately 9:50a, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office took a report of the crash on Highway 61, in the Township of Marion.
June 15, 2025
East Bethel, MN – Authorities are investigating a fatal crash in a northern Twin Cities suburb.
The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office says deputies and other emergency personnel responded around 10:30 Friday morning to a report of a traffic crash on Highway 65 in East Bethel. The preliminary investigation indicates a pickup crashed into the back of an SUV.
June 14, 2025
EPHRATA, PA – A horse and buggy was struck by a vehicle in Lancaster County on Sunday morning, according to the Lincoln Fire Company.
The two-vehicle crash happened in the 800 block of West Main Street/Route 322 in Ephrata Borough just after 8 a.m.
JUNE 13, 2025
CLAYTON, N.Y. — UPDATE: The operator of the Dodge Challenger has been identified as Scott M. Vanalstyne, age 58, from LaFargeville, NY. The operator of the horse drawn buggy is Emanuel Shetler, age 27, from LaFargeville NY.
All injured parties are currently listed in stable condition at this time.
JUNE 12, 2025
TOWN OF CLAYTON, NY – An Amish man and his two young sons are in stable condition after a car crashed into their buggy on Wednesday.
State police said 27-year-old Emanuel Shetler of LaFargeville and his boys, ages 4 and 5, were thrown from their horse-drawn buggy on County Route 3, also known as East Line Road, in the town of Clayton.
JUNE 10, 2025
SALISBURY TOWNSHIP, PA – Two children were hospitalized after a pony-drawn cart crashed into a tractor-trailer in Lancaster County, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
The wreck happened on Old Philadelphia Pike/Route 340 near Spring Garden Road in Salisbury Township around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday, according to the report.
JUNE 3, 2025
CLEARWATER COUNTY, MN – A Bagley woman has been charged with assault and reckless driving after an incident Friday in Clearwater County.
Court documents state Jamie Harmon intentionally rammed into another vehicle, an Amish buggy, with her motor vehicle while the other vehicle was occupied.
MAY 30, 2025
According to a press release from the sheriff’s office, troopers and deputies were dispatched to a report of a hit-and-run car-buggy personal injury crash in the area of West Peck and Isles roads in Sanilac County’s Flynn Township about 6:20 p.m. Friday.
MAY 19, 2025
MARSHALL COUNTY, IN – Several people were taken to the hospital after a crash involving a horse-drawn buggy over the weekend in Marshall County.
The crash happened just before 6 p.m. Friday at the intersection of U.S. 6 and Dogwood Road.
Police say a Chevy Silverado was heading north on Dogwood when it entered the intersection and hit a Volvo XC70 that was heading west on U.S. 6. The collision caused the Silverado to run into a stopped horse-drawn buggy.
May 13, 2025
Three people, one adult and two children, were injured late Monday after a van collided with an Amish buggy in northern Trumbull County.
State Troopers tell 21 News that the crash occurred after 8:30 p.m. on State Route 87 about half a mile east of the Commons on Route 46.
Three people, one of whom was thrown from the buggy, were hospitalized. Two of the victims were transported by medical helicopter.
May 5, 2025
GLADWIN COUNTY, MI— Several people were injured in a buggy crash on Friday.
According to the Gladwin County Sheriff’s Office, on Friday, May 2nd at approximately 8:25 p.m., deputies investigated a crash near the intersection of Bard Road and Calhoun Road involving a motor vehicle and Amish Buggy.
May 2, 2025
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a hit and run crash between a vehicle and an Amish buggy that took place earlier this week.
Police responded to State Route 22 in the southern Washington County town of Jackson Tuesday afternoon.
The Sheriff’s Office says the buggy’s occupants, five children and two adults, were taken to Albany Medical Center with what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries.
April 30, 2025
Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report about the crash around 4:22 p.m., according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. Sheriff’s deputies found the buggy, but not the other vehicle involved in the crash. The driver had fled the scene, the department said.
April 20, 2025
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA — A vehicle crashed into a horse and buggy in Lancaster County this morning.
According to the Rawlinsville Volunteer Fire Company on Facebook, on Easter Sunday, just before 7:30 a.m., fire crews, alongside Lancaster EMS, Southern York County EMS, and PA State Police, were dispatched to the Norman Wood Bridge in Martic Township for a vehicle accident involving a horse and buggy.
April 14, 2025
An Amish woman was hurt and her horse was killed after their buggy was struck by a truck in Fillmore County on Saturday.
Fillmore County Dispatch says it got the call at 7:38 a.m. on Saturday, April 12. An investigation by Fillmore County Deputies determined the buggy was going south on county road 8 when it was hit by a 2010 Ford pickup truck also going south on county road 8.
April 14, 2025
DELTA COUNTY, MI – Four people were injured, and two of them are in critical condition, after an Amish horse and buggy was hit by a truck in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
At 3:28 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, Delta County deputies responded to the Riverland area on 18th Road near H.25 Road after receiving a report of a crash involving a pickup truck and an Amish buggy.
April 14, 2025
Spring Valley, MN – A woman was hurt and a horse was killed when a pick-up truck smashed into a horse-drawn amish buggy on a rural southeast Minnesota road over the weekend.
April 12, 2025
Three Amish children were killed on their way to school when an SUV crashed into their horse-drawn buggy in Indiana.
Siblings Glenda Jo Yoder, 13, Darrell Yoder, 10, and Devon Yoder, 9, were thrown from the carriage when a Mercedes-Benz GLA rear-ended it Wednesday morning in the rural town of Bremen, about 20 miles south of South Bend, WIBC reported.
April 6, 2025
GLADWIN COUNTY, MI — A driver attempted to pass a school bus and crashed into an oncoming horse and carriage in Gladwin County’s Sage Township on March 3.
The driver of the horse-drawn buggy, a 27-year-old Amish man named Henry Troyer, died of blunt-force trauma at the University of Michigan hospital in Ann Arbor on March 14.
April 3, 2025
MURPHYSBORO, IL. — According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, at 8:16 a.m. on April 3, deputies responded to a report of a traffic crash on S. Illinois Highway 127, near Caraway Road.
JCSO states that the preliminary investigation shows that a horse drawn buggy was northbound on Illinois 127 while a gray 2015 Nissan Sentra, being driven by 25-year-old Jawone Newell of Cape Girardeau, was also heading the same way and approached the buggy from the rear.
March 26, 2025
LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, MI — A child was killed and another seriously injured when an Amish horse-drawn buggy was hit by an SUV near Lawrence Wednesday morning, police say.
The crash happened a little after 8 a.m. in the area of County Road 215 and 60th Avenue in Lawrence Township. A witness who saw it called 911.
March 19,2025
SAGE TOWNSHIP, MI — A 27-year-old Amish man, who was operating a horse-drawn carriage, has died following a March 3 head-on collision with an SUV in Gladwin County’s Sage Township.
The 53-year-old driver of a northbound orange Dodge Journey was attempting to pass a school bus when he struck the horse and buggy that was traveling southbound along North Bard near Sullivan.
March 10, 2025
WARWICK TOWNSHIP, PA – A man was arrested for suspicion of DUI when he crashed into a horse and buggy on Sunday, according to Northern Lancaster County Regional police.
In a recent report, police said a man was driving a 2012 Subaru WRX when he hit a horse and buggy at West Orange Street and Pfautz Avenue in Warwick Township around 6:45 p.m.
March 7, 2025
LOUISVILLE, KY – Five people were taken to the hospital after a crash in Breckinridge County on Thursday, March 6.
Kentucky State Police said the crash happened in the 14,000 block of South KY 259 around 3:15 p.m. central time when a 2004 Ford Taurus rear-ended a horse-drawn buggy.
February 27, 2025
CRIDERSVILLE, OH – The Wapakoneta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two-vehicle serious injury crash that occurred Wednesday at 5:12 p.m. at the intersection of Mudsock Road and Buckland Holden Road in Duchouquet Township, Auglaize County.
The preliminary investigation revealed that a 2008 Ford Explorer, operated by Christina Mathewson, 65, of Wapakoneta, was traveling south on Mudsock Road, approaching the intersection of Buckland Holden Road.
February 24, 2025
LOGAN MILLS, PA — Just before 1 p.m. on Friday afternoon, the Sugar Valley Fire Company, the Goodwill Hose Company and the Pennsylvania State Police responded to the scene of an accident involving a vehicle and an Amish buggy in the area of West Valley Road and Mountainside Acres, near Logan Mills.
February 20, 2025
MERCER COUNTY, OH – A New Paris man who caused a fatal car-versus-buggy crash in Mercer County has been sentenced to prison.
Trey Frech, 25, was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison in Mercer County Common Pleas Court earlier today. He previously pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated vehicular homicide and three counts of vehicular assault.
February 14, 2025
One man was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a 20-year-old man from Chatfield, Minn., hit a horse and buggy on a highway south of St. Charles on Thursday. Winona County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the crash at 4:30 p.m. on February 13 near the intersection of County Road 35 and County Road 123 in Saratoga Township.
January 25, 2025
CELINA – A New Paris man pleaded guilty Friday to four felony charges stemming from a 2023 head-on collision with a horse-drawn buggy that killed a 1-year-old girl and injured several members of her family.
Trey Frech, 25, who was originally indicted on 10 charges, appeared for a change-of-plea hearing before Mercer County Common Pleas Court Judge Matthew Fox. Frech pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide, a third-degree felony, and three counts of vehicular assault, a fourth-degree felony.
2024 Buggy Accidents
December 30, 2024
PRESTON, MN – A Kasson woman has been ordered to pay more than $20,000 in restitution for a hit-and-run involving an Amish buggy earlier this year.
34-year-old Brittany Nicole Edgar was charged with driving a car that crashed into the back of the buggy on a rural road in Fillmore County on the night of February 16. She was accused of leaving the scene after the collision sent the buggy into the ditch, resulting in injuries to the seven children and their parents writing in the horse-drawn vehicle.
PRESTON, MN – A Kasson woman has been ordered to pay more than $20,000 in restitution for a hit-and-run involving an Amish buggy earlier this year.
34-year-old Brittany Nicole Edgar was charged with driving a car that crashed into the back of the buggy on a rural road in Fillmore County on the night of February 16. She was accused of leaving the scene after the collision sent the buggy into the ditch, resulting in injuries to the seven children and their parents writing in the horse-drawn vehicle.
December 26, 2024
VIROQUA, WI – A 29-year-old rural Hillsboro man is dead after the buggy he was riding in was hit by a car Christmas night in Vernon County.
Vernon County Sheriff Roy Torgerson said that it happened at around 6 p.m. on Highway 82 near Pine Avenue in rural Hillsboro in the Town of Union.
Henry F. Bontrager, 29, and Ruth J. Bontrager, 29, were in a horse-drawn buggy heading west when it was hit head-on by an oncoming car.
December 17, 2024
Three children were transported to two different hospitals Monday, Dec. 16, following a crash involving a horse-drawn wagon and an SUV at the intersection of state routes 638 and 274.
Deputies from the Logan County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to that area shortly after 8 a.m. when the eastbound wagon failed to stop at a stop sign on S.R. 274 and entered the intersection. A southbound 2018 Ford Explorer driven by Ashley Nichelson, 42, of Belle Center, collided with the wagon, spinning it before both came to rest on the west side of the road.
December 12, 2024
PRESTON, MN – A Fillmore County judge has ruled the majority of the 21 charges filed against the woman accused of causing a fatal 2023 traffic crash are warranted.
Judge Jeremy Clinefelter issued a court order Wednesday granting the dismissal of four felony charges against Samantha Petersen, 36, for lack of probable cause. Additionally, Clinefelter ruled the defense’s request to dismiss an additional 14 charges was denied.
December 9, 2024
SEYMOUR, WI — Six people were injured after a buggy crash in Seymour Sunday morning.
Lafayette County Sheriff Reg Gill said deputies responded to STH 81 at 5:54 a.m. where a 26-year-old Illinois man was traveling eastbound on STH 81 in a 2022 KIA when he struck the left rear corner of the buggy.
November 30, 2024
A man succumbed to injuries received during a car-versus-buggy crash that took place at the intersection of Route 77 and Britton Run Road on Nov. 15.
Chris Byler, 61, was pronounced dead at 6:04 p.m. at UPMC Hamot hospital in Erie on Nov. 23. Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook stated the death was ruled accidental due to complications of blunt force trauma to the head.
Novermber 24, 2024
ELKHART COUNTY, IN — Two people, including a child, were hurt in a crash involving a pickup truck and buggy in Elkhart County.
It happened around 6 p.m. Saturday on State Road 4, near County Road 127.
November 19, 2024
ESSEX, NY — A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after an Amish buggy was hit by a car in Upstate New York.
The accident happened shortly before 4:30 p.m. Saturday in Essex, a small Adirondacks town about 40 minutes east of Lake Placid and less than 10 miles west of Lake Champlain.
November 12, 2024
KANSAS CITY, MO – Be aware of an increase in buggy traffic on Wednesday in Johnson County, Missouri.
The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office posted a traffic advisory, warning residents to expect more buggy traffic in the area due to a “large Amish wedding.”
KANSAS CITY, MO – Be aware of an increase in buggy traffic on Wednesday in Johnson County, Missouri.
The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office posted a traffic advisory, warning residents to expect more buggy traffic in the area due to a “large Amish wedding.”
November 12, 2024
The Ohio State Highway Patrol says one person has been flown to a hospital in Huntington after a crash Tuesday afternoon between a vehicle and an Amish buggy in Gallia County.
While the call came in as German Hollow Road, troopers say after arriving on the scene, they learned the crash was on Hannan Trace Road, which intersects German Hollow Road.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol says one person has been flown to a hospital in Huntington after a crash Tuesday afternoon between a vehicle and an Amish buggy in Gallia County.
While the call came in as German Hollow Road, troopers say after arriving on the scene, they learned the crash was on Hannan Trace Road, which intersects German Hollow Road.
November 6, 2024
A young woman was killed and an infant hospitalized after a vehicle crashed into an Amish carriage on a New York road.
A young woman was killed and an infant hospitalized after a vehicle crashed into an Amish carriage on a New York road.
The incident happened around 4:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, in Herkimer County in the village of Newport, located about 70 miles west of Sarasota Springs.
October 28, 2024
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a buggy accident in which a horse was killed.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a buggy accident in which a horse was killed.
Troopers say a car collided with the Amish buggy before sunrise Monday at Madison and Peters Road in Middlefield Township.
Although no people were injured in the crash, the horse died.
October 24, 2024
CHERRYVALE, KS – Two people suffered serious injuries Thursday morning when the horse-and-buggy they were in was struck by a sport utility vehicle on a highway in Labette County in southeast Kansas, officials said.
CHERRYVALE, KS – Two people suffered serious injuries Thursday morning when the horse-and-buggy they were in was struck by a sport utility vehicle on a highway in Labette County in southeast Kansas, officials said.
The collision was reported at 8:15 a.m. Thursday on US-400 highway about 2 miles east of the US-169 highway junction, The location was about 7 miles northeast of Cherryvale.
October 15, 2024
A woman driving an Amish buggy was struck from behind by a minivan driver in western Minnesota and severely injured.
A woman driving an Amish buggy was struck from behind by a minivan driver in western Minnesota and severely injured.
The collision occurred about 5:50 p.m. Monday south of New York Mills on southbound County Hwy. 67 near 370th Street, the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office said.
October 11, 2024
GRAVES COUNTY, KY – A “highly intoxicated” driver hit an Amish buggy on Friday, October 11, according to the sheriff.
GRAVES COUNTY, KY – A “highly intoxicated” driver hit an Amish buggy on Friday, October 11, according to the sheriff.
In a post on Facebook, Graves County Sheriff Jon Hayden said the buggy was hit just before noon on Highway 80 West, about 3 miles east of Fancy Farm on Ky Hwy 80 West.
October 1, 2024
MIFFLIN COUNTY, PA — Three people were hospitalized Tuesday morning following a crash involving a car and horse-and-buggy in Mifflin County.
MIFFLIN COUNTY, PA — Three people were hospitalized Tuesday morning following a crash involving a car and horse-and-buggy in Mifflin County.
Dispatch confirmed the crash happened around 9:08am at the intersection of State Route 655 and Apple Tree Lane.
September 23, 2024
A Nappanee woman was killed when a car hit the back of a horse-and-buggy she was riding in Sunday night.
Four others in the horse-and-buggy were injured, and the horse also died.
A Nappanee woman was killed when a car hit the back of a horse-and-buggy she was riding in Sunday night.
Four others in the horse-and-buggy were injured, and the horse also died.
September 20, 2024
A young boy has died after a buggy he was riding on rolled over.
A young boy has died after a buggy he was riding on rolled over.
The child, aged under 10, suffered critical injuries in the accident at a property in Cooran, near Noosa in Queensland, at about 3.30pm on Friday.
An air ambulance was flown out to the boy, but paramedics were unable to save him.
September 19, 2024
A horse-and-buggy crash closed part of PA 340 in Lancaster County on Thursday evening, Sept. 19, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice.
The horse-and-buggy and vehicle collided at the intersection of PA 340 and School Lane Road in the Salisbury Township, Gap area around 6:30 p.m.
A horse-and-buggy crash closed part of PA 340 in Lancaster County on Thursday evening, Sept. 19, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice.
The horse-and-buggy and vehicle collided at the intersection of PA 340 and School Lane Road in the Salisbury Township, Gap area around 6:30 p.m.
September 18, 2024
CANEYVILLE, KY – A crash involving a truck and buggy resulted in major injuries of two men.
CANEYVILLE, KY – A crash involving a truck and buggy resulted in major injuries of two men.
According to a report by WNKY News 40 partner K105, the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office, Caneyville Fire Department and EMS responded to an accident in the 15000 block of Beaver Dam Road (Highway 62) on Monday morning.
September 10, 2024
JEFFERSON COUNTY, IL – A Belle Rive family is mourning the loss of their 18-year-old daughter after a vehicle crashed into their horse-drawn buggy Monday.
According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, three women were riding the buggy on Log Cabin Lane and Goshen Road near Mt. Vernon when a white Dodge van hit them.
September 9, 2024
August 29, 2024
Levi R. Stoltzfus, 81, of Narvon, was driving the buggy east at the intersection of Sheep Hill Road and Springville Road in East Earl Township when he “failed to stop for the stop sign at Springville Road (PA route 897),” police said.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, OH – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly crash involving an Amish buggy.
It happened in Jackson Township in Ashland County on Monday.
August 29, 2024
Levi R. Stoltzfus, 81, of Narvon, was driving the buggy east at the intersection of Sheep Hill Road and Springville Road in East Earl Township when he “failed to stop for the stop sign at Springville Road (PA route 897),” police said.
A 44-years-old woman from New Holland was driving a BMW X5 SUV north on Springville Road “when the horse and buggy entered the intersection the front end of the BMW collided with the right side rear wheel of the buggy, which caused the buggy to overturn,” as written in the police release.
August 28, 2024
LA VALLE, WI – News 3 Now visited La Valle on Wednesday, after nine Reedsburg teens were cited for allegedly harassing members of the Amish community in that area.
LA VALLE, WI – News 3 Now visited La Valle on Wednesday, after nine Reedsburg teens were cited for allegedly harassing members of the Amish community in that area.
The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office said said the teens shined lights into homes, knocked on doors and blew air horns. The incidents allegedly occurred between the hours of 9 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.
August 20, 2024
SOMERSET COUNTY, PA — Emergency officials in Somerset County say one person was flown to Conemaugh Hospital Tuesday morning following a crash involving an Amish buggy.
SOMERSET COUNTY, PA — Emergency officials in Somerset County say one person was flown to Conemaugh Hospital Tuesday morning following a crash involving an Amish buggy.
911 dispatchers say the single-buggy incident was reported just before 9:30 a.m. in the area of Mount Davis Road, in Elk Lick Township.
August 19, 2024
Ohio – A community is rallying around members of an Amish family who were seriously hurt earlier this month when their horse-drawn buggy flipped and dragged them about 60 feet.
A transfer truck drove by them on Aug. 7, which scared the two horses that pulled the buggy.
The horses ran and one jumped a guardrail flipping the buggy. The driver, Henry Yoder, was pulled onto the concrete.
Ohio – A community is rallying around members of an Amish family who were seriously hurt earlier this month when their horse-drawn buggy flipped and dragged them about 60 feet.
A transfer truck drove by them on Aug. 7, which scared the two horses that pulled the buggy.
The horses ran and one jumped a guardrail flipping the buggy. The driver, Henry Yoder, was pulled onto the concrete.
August 12, 2024
ADAMS COUNTY, IN – Investigators believe alcohol was a factor in a crash Sunday night involving a car and a horse-drawn buggy. Three passengers were thrown from the buggy, including a toddler and an infant.
ADAMS COUNTY, IN – Investigators believe alcohol was a factor in a crash Sunday night involving a car and a horse-drawn buggy. Three passengers were thrown from the buggy, including a toddler and an infant.
Around 9 p.m., a buggy carrying four people was traveling along State Road 124 near County Road 200 E in rural Monroe. According to the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, the driver of a car didn’t see the buggy and rear-ended it.
August 5, 2024
AVA, New York – A Constableville man was allegedly involved in an Amish buggy crash in Oneida County on Friday.
AVA, New York – A Constableville man was allegedly involved in an Amish buggy crash in Oneida County on Friday.
State police say 33-year-old Alexander Pflender was driving a pickup truck south on State Route 26 in the town of Ava when it hit the buggy from behind.
August 3, 2024
AVA, NY — Two Amish teenagers were hospitalized after their buggy was rear-ended on Route 26 in Ava Friday afternoon, Aug. 2, according to the New York State Police.
Troopers said the 14-year-old girl and the 16-year-old boy were traveling southbound at about 1:45 p.m. when their buggy was rear-ended by a 2014 RAM 1400 pickup truck, driven by Alexander W. Pfendler, 33, of Constableville. The collision destroyed the buggy and caused the pickup truck to flip onto its roof.
AVA, NY — Two Amish teenagers were hospitalized after their buggy was rear-ended on Route 26 in Ava Friday afternoon, Aug. 2, according to the New York State Police.
Troopers said the 14-year-old girl and the 16-year-old boy were traveling southbound at about 1:45 p.m. when their buggy was rear-ended by a 2014 RAM 1400 pickup truck, driven by Alexander W. Pfendler, 33, of Constableville. The collision destroyed the buggy and caused the pickup truck to flip onto its roof.
July 23, 2024
Deerfield, NY – Three people are in critical condition after a car rear-ended a horse and buggy in Oneida County on Monday, deputies said.
Around 6:21 p.m., deputies responded to Route 12 in the Town of Deerfield for a motor vehicle crash involving a 2007 Ford Focus and a horse and buggy, according to a news released on the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page.
Deerfield, NY – Three people are in critical condition after a car rear-ended a horse and buggy in Oneida County on Monday, deputies said.
Around 6:21 p.m., deputies responded to Route 12 in the Town of Deerfield for a motor vehicle crash involving a 2007 Ford Focus and a horse and buggy, according to a news released on the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page.
July 22, 2024
PARADISE TOWNSHIP, PA – A man faces multiple charges after crashing into a horse-and-buggy Sunday afternoon in Lancaster County, injuring eight people, including a baby, Pennsylvania State Police said.
The crash happened around 4:15 p.m. on Lincoln Highway East/Route 30 just east of Slaymaker Hill Road in Paradise Township.
July 20, 2024
GEAUGA COUNTY, OH — A person suffered life-threatening injuries following a crash involving a buggy that took place on State Route 88 on Saturday afternoon.
According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the Patrol’s Ravenna Dispatch Center was advised at 3:57 p.m. of a serious crash that took place near the address of 16066 McCall Rd. on State Route 88 involving a horse-drawn buggy and a GMC SUV. Troopers from the Patrol’s Chardon Post responded to the scene.
July 17, 2024
CUMBERLAND, VA – Charges remain pending in a pickup truck versus an Amish horse buggy crash in Cumberland County State Police now say killed a young girl. State Police have also released some of the identities of the victims. They now say an 8-year old girl died in the crash on Cumberland Road near Blanton Farm Road, halfway between Cumberland Courthouse and Farmville, Sunday evening. Everyone in the carriage was ejected and the girl died at the scene.
July 15, 2024
TOWN OF LOWVILLE, NY – An Amish teen was killed and four other people injured after their buggy was destroyed in an alleged hit-and-run crash, according to officials.
State police responded to a call to the location of the crash on State Route 12 in the town of Lowville, New York.
July 12, 2024
DeKalb, NY — A 73-year-old DeKalb driver told St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Deputies he could not see the Amish buggy he struck with his vehicle Thursday, July 11.
Several people were injured during the incident, the sheriff’s office said.
July 8, 2024
SYRACUSE, NY — Around 10:15 a.m. on Sunday, July 7, New York State Police were called to a crash between a car and an Amish buggy in Mexico.
State police say a 66-year-old from the city of Oswego was driving a Kia Sedona on State Route 3 when they tried to pass an Amish buggy that was traveling on the shoulder.
July 1, 2024
A pickup and an Amish buggy collided Wednesday west of Licking, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.
MSgt. Ryan Vaughan said an eastbound 2003 Chevrolet Silverado driven by a 17-year-old boy and a westbound horse-drawn buggy operated by Christie D. Schwartz, 42, of Licking, were traveling on Deason Drive two miles west of Licking.
July 1, 2024
According to Fillmore County Sheriff John DeGeorge, Fillmore County Dispatch received a 911 call of a vehicle vs Amish buggy crash at approximately 3:59 p.m. on June 20. The crash occurred on County Road 21 at the intersection with 130th Street. The buggy was occupied by four people; the driver of the pickup was the lone occupant.
According to Fillmore County Sheriff John DeGeorge, Fillmore County Dispatch received a 911 call of a vehicle vs Amish buggy crash at approximately 3:59 p.m. on June 20. The crash occurred on County Road 21 at the intersection with 130th Street. The buggy was occupied by four people; the driver of the pickup was the lone occupant.
June 21, 2024
FILLMORE COUNTY, MN – According to Fillmore County Sheriff John DeGeorge, a horse pulling an Amish buggy was struck by a vehicle Thursday afternoon north of Canton.
It happened just before 4 p.m. at the intersection of Fillmore County Road 21 and 130th Street.
DeGeorge said the buggy, with four people inside, was heading east on 130th Street when it was hit by a pickup truck.
June 19, 2024
MARION, OH — A 14-year-old boy was killed after the horse and buggy he was driving crashed into the side of a train in Marion County Wednesday evening, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
OSHP says the crash happened around 4:40 p.m. on County Road 5.
June 15, 2024
WILLIAMSFIELD — Four people were injured late Friday afternoon when the Amish buggy they were riding in was struck from behind by an eastbound vehicle on Route 322, east of Route 7, said Andover Fire Chief Matt Bush.
Bush said a father, and three of his children, a 16-year-old female, a 7-year old female and a 4- to 5-year-old boy, were taken to UH Geauga Medical Center after the 5:30 p.m. crash.
June 10, 2024
CADIZ, KY – A teenager and two Amish people were injured after they crashed in Trigg County over the weekend.
According to WKDZ, the crash occurred on Buffalo Cerulean Road near Wallonia Road on Saturday afternoon. A Trigg County Sheriff’s deputy said an 18-year-old in a car traveling south collided with a horse and buggy going in the same direction.
May 30, 2024
HARMONY, NY – Four people were taken to area hospitals following an accident involving an Amish buggy.
According to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, shortly after 8 a.m. Thursday, a female youth was driving a vehicle north on Blockville Watts Flats Road in the town of Harmony and collided with an Amish buggy traveling in the same direction.
May 22, 2024
SCHUYLER COUNTY, MO — Three northeast Missouri residents were injured in a crash involving a horse-drawn buggy and an SUV Wednesday evening.
It happened around 6 p.m. on U.S. Highway 63, one mile north of Greentop.
May 19, 2024
ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, MI – Five persons including four occupants of an Amish two-wheel wagon were injured in a Friday afternoon two vehicle crash on South Ray Quincy Road near Campbell Road.
The Branch County Sheriff’s Department says the crash was reported at 2:17 p.m. when the southbound wagon was struck from behind by a 2016 Ford Escape driven by 63-year-old Jeanette Munson of Reading.
May 13, 2024
MECOSTA COUNTY, MI – A 10-year-old girl was hospitalized late Sunday, May 12, when the Amish buggy she was riding in was struck by a vehicle, sheriff’s deputies said.
The Stanwood girl is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital.
May 3, 2024
According to Punxsutawney-based State Police, the crash happened around 6:07 a.m. on Thursday, May 2, on State Route 119 in Henderson Township, Jefferson County.
Police say 32-year-old Sarah M. Hook, of DuBois, was traveling south in a 2018 Subaru Legacy when she failed to observe a horse and buggy operated by 26-year-old Benjamin M. Miller, of Punxsutawney, which was also heading south.
May 2, 2024
MECOSTA COUNTY — Deputies with the Mecosta County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls April 16-30. This is part of a report submitted by the Mecosta County Sheriff’s Office and compiled by associate editor Julie Norwood. All calls may not be reported.
April 30, 2024
LOVEVILLE, Md. — A serious motor vehicle accident occurred on Loveville Road in the area of Busy Corner Road at approximately 7:50 a.m., on April 30, 2024.
Crews arrived at the scene to find a rear-end collision involving an Amish/ Mennonite buggy with two occupants injured. A 50-year-old woman was conscious but not alert, and her husband, a 50-year-old man, was also injured.
April 26, 2024
DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI — Three people were hurt when an Amish buggy was rear-ended near Morley Friday morning.
Around 8:45 a.m., deputies with the Mecosta County Sheriff’s Office were sent to Jefferson Road near 165th Avenue after receiving a report about a crash.
April 22, 2024
ADAMS COUNTY, IN – Monday morning just before 10:30 a.m the Adams County (Indiana) Sheriff’s Office said that a horse-drawn buggy was traveling south on CR 400 West a quarter mile south of State Road 218 when it was struck from behind by an SUV. The buggy was carrying six people, three of whom were taken to an area hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
April 21, 2024
BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, VA – Seven juveniles were injured in an accident involving a horse-drawn buggy in Buckingham County last Wednesday, according to Virginia State Police.
One of the injured was flown to University of Virginia Medical Center for treatment.
April 16, 2024
WILMINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA – Two boys in an Amish buggy were seriously hurt after they were hit by a pick-up truck in Lawrence County on Sunday night, police said.
The crash happened between a buggy and a Chevrolet Silverado at an intersection in Wilmington Township shortly before 9 p.m. on Sunday, according to a report from Pennsylvania State Police.
April 10, 2024
NORRIDGEWOCK — The driver of a vehicle that crashed into a horse and buggy Monday afternoon in Norridgewock has been charged, police said.
Brittany Guerette, 34, of Skowhegan, has been charged with misdemeanor driving to endanger as a result of the crash that injured both the horse and operator of the carriage, Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster said in a statement issued Tuesday evening.
April 8, 2024
Melancthon’s mayor is urging people to be cautious when travelling on country roads after a serious collision involving a minivan and a horse-drawn carriage on County Road 9 sent eight people to hospital.
The collision, which resulted in non-life-threatening injuries for two and adults and six children, happened just after 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 31.
March 31, 2024
OPP officers are investigating a crash involving a mini-van and horse-drawn carriage that sent several people, including children, to the hospital.
According to police, the collision happened just after 6 p.m. on Sunday along County Road 9 near Dufferin County Road 2 in Melancthon Township, north of Dundalk, which has a significant Mennonite population.
March 26, 2024
FILLMOURE COUNTY, MN – A woman is accused of hitting an Amish buggy in Fillmore County, then fleeing the scene as it lay in the ditch with children injured.
Brittany Nicole Edgar, 22, of Spring Valley, faces charges of criminal vehicular operation, careless driving, leaving the scene of an accident, no insurance and providing false information.
March 25, 2024
PRESTON, MN — The woman accused of crashing into an Amish buggy and killing two children made her first court appearance Monday morning in Fillmore County.
Samantha Petersen, 35, of Spring Valley faces 21 charges including eight felony counts of criminal vehicular homicide, eight counts of felony criminal vehicular operation, two gross misdemeanor counts of driving while impaired, and misdemeanor counts of failing to provide proof of insurance and careless driving.
March 18, 2024
HANOVER TOWNSHIP, MI – A car crashed into a horse buggy over the weekend in Hanover Township, leaving two children injured.
On Sunday at 6 p.m., Michigan State Police (MSP) troopers were called out to the area of Moscow and Hatch Roads for a crash involving a Ford Escape and a horse buggy carrying nine people.
March 14, 2024
Nearly 11,000 Amish people call Michigan home, and the ethnoreligious group has deep roots in the state. But a lot has changed since the first settlement was established in 1895, including how most people travel on a daily basis.
In recent years. several high-profile crashes involving motor vehicles and Amish buggies have sparked a debate on how safe sharing the roads is.
March 13, 2024
MONTCALM COUNTY, MI — Michigan State Police are searching for a truck driver accused of hitting an Amish buggy, then driving off.
It happened around 3:40 p.m. Wednesday on Senator Rd., south of Carson City in Montcalm County.
Three girls, ages 13, 10, and 8, were riding the buggy at the time. All were treated at the hospital for minor injuries.
March 10, 2024
HATFIELD, WI – When Nathaniel Jahn pulled up to the intersection of State 95 and County Road J, in Clark County, he could hardly believe what happened next.
The driver of a passenger van turned right into the path of a semitrailer truck hauling a tankerload of milk east on the highway.
February 26, 2024
According to the Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office, on Friday, February 16, 2024, at approximately 10:05 p.m., the department received 911 calls indicating there was a crash in the 29000 block of County Road 1 in rural Spring Valley, Minn. The news release stated, “Initial reports indicated that a vehicle had struck and Amish buggy with several occupants.
February 26, 2024
An accident on the Wellsville/Andover town line resulted in severe injuries of the solo occupant of horse driven cart after being struck by a vehicle. The collision occurred in a 55 MPH stretch of Trapping Brook Road between the Lynch Casey Road and the Perkins Road.
The injured man was taken by Mercy Flight medical helicopter to an area trauma center.
February 22, 2024
Multiple people were injured when a truck and an Amish buggy collided Wednesday in the Meyersdale area, authorities said.
The crash happened at 3:33 p.m. in the 1200 block of St. Paul Road, according to a Somerset County 911 report.
The injured were taken to a hospital.
February 21, 2024
FILLMORE COUNTY, MN – The suspect driving the car in Friday’s Amish buggy crash was initially pulled over by a Fillmore County Sheriff’s Deputy and initially claimed to hit a deer, according to search warrants filed in the case.
According to the warrant, a deputy in Spring Valley pulled over the 32-year-old female suspect in Spring Valley after hearing of the crash. Her car had “substantial front-end damage with a passenger side headlight out and no tail lights.”
February 19, 2024
Six people were hospitalized Friday night after a hit-and-run involving an Amish buggy in southern Minnesota.
Deputies from the Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a crash involving a vehicle and a buggy on County Road 1 in rural Spring Valley just after 10 p.m., according to KTTC.
February 18, 2024
MACON COUNTY, MO — A wreck involving a horse-drawn buggy injured three people Sunday morning.
It happened just before 8:30 a.m. on US Highway 63, five miles south of Macon.
February 13, 2024
BARRINGTON, NY — A pickup truck and horse and buggy crashed after the horse was spooked in Yates County on Tuesday afternoon.
According to the Yates County Sheriff’s Office, a truck and buggy crashed at the intersection of Route 14a and Welker Road in the Town of Barrington shortly before 3 p.m. on Feb. 13.
February 12, 2024
LANCASTER, OH — A pickup truck crashed into an Amish buggy Sunday evening in Fairfield County near Columbus, killing one person, according to reports.
The State Highway Patrol tells WCMH Channel 4 the crash occurred just before 6 p.m. The patrol says a Ford F-350 pickup truck driven by a 72-year-old man hit the buggy’s horse on Township Road 322.
January 30, 2024
VIROQUA, WI – Five people riding in an Amish buggy are hurt in a collision with a pickup truck Monday night in Vernon County.
Sheriff Roy Torgerson said that the crash happened just after 9 p.m. in the Town of Greenwood outside of Hillsboro.
January 18, 2024
PRESTON, MN – The Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office has wrapped up its investigation into last fall’s deadly traffic crash that claimed the lives of two young Amish children.
Sheriff John DeGeorge confirmed to KTTC, on Thursday afternoon, the case is now being reviewed by the Fillmore County Attorney’s Office. DeGeorge said it’s now up to the attorney’s office to decided if any criminal charges will be filed in connection with the September 25, 2023, crash in Sumner Township.
January 16, 2024
WATERTOWN, NY – The driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a buggy – killing two Amish children – pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of criminally negligent homicide.
Charlene Kring of LaFargeville entered the pleas in Jefferson County court. She was placed on interim probation for one year. Kring will be back in county court after her one-year probation term is up for final sentencing, but assuming she has no further issues with the law, Tuesday’s plea and interim sentence likely marks the end of the case.
WATERTOWN, NY – The driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a buggy – killing two Amish children – pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of criminally negligent homicide.
Charlene Kring of LaFargeville entered the pleas in Jefferson County court. She was placed on interim probation for one year. Kring will be back in county court after her one-year probation term is up for final sentencing, but assuming she has no further issues with the law, Tuesday’s plea and interim sentence likely marks the end of the case.
January 9, 2024
It could have been a much worse outcome after a semi truck and horse and buggy collided north of Wingham, Ont. Tuesday afternoon.
Fortunately, Huron OPP said that there were only non-life threatening injuries following the collision around 3 p.m.
January 8, 2024
A 21-year-old man has died after a car struck his horse and buggy in Dufferin County on Friday.
Provincial police say the young man was taken to a local hospital, and then transported to a Toronto trauma centre, before he was pronounced dead.
January 7, 2024
OCEANA COUNTY, MI – Two Amish teenagers were struck by an SUV on Friday afternoon in Oceana County, leaving one dead and the other hospitalized, according to Michigan State Police.
State police said in a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter) that the crash occurred around 6:30 p.m. on Friday, on Skeels Road, west of 192nd Ave.
2023 Buggy Accidents
December 31, 2023
A man and woman were injured in a wreck involving a horse and buggy on South Road in Trigg County Sunday night.
Trigg County Sheriff’s deputies say a southbound SUV collided with the back of a southbound horse and buggy near the intersection of Kentucky 272 just before 6 p.m.
December 29, 2023
REEDSVILLE — Four people were injured yesterday afternoon as a result of a vehicle-buggy crash in Brown Township.
According to the Mifflin County Communications Center, the crash was reported at 2:24 p.m. Thursday on Route 655 near Shelly Drive in Reedsville.
December 25, 2023
Mercer County, PA – A Preble County man struck a buggy head-on in a Friday evening crash that killed a 1-year-old girl and injured her family, according to a release issued by Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey.
The crash happened just before 5:20 p.m. on state Route 49, north of Oregon Road in Liberty Twp. in Mercer County.
December 22, 2023
MERCER COUNTY — A young girl is dead after a crash involving a horse-driven buggy in Mercer County Friday.
Around 5:20 p.m. Mercer County deputies were called to a crash on State Route 49 north of Oregon Road, according to a media release.
December 21, 2023
ADAMS COUNTY, IN – Police in Adams County are investigating a crash Wednesday that threw two people out of a buggy, sending them to the hospital.
Officers with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office responded to a crash with serious injuries on State Route 124 near County Road 500 E in Bluecreek Township, according to a release.
December 19, 2023
MILVERTON – The 13-year-old killed in a rural collision between a horse-drawn buggy and a motor vehicle was only a stone’s throw from his family home when the crash occurred, a neighbour says.
The teen had been driving himself and his eight-year-old brother home from school when their horse was “spooked into traffic,” said the neighbour, who declined to give his name, but identified himself as a member of the Old Order Amish community in Milverton, a rural community northeast of Stratford.
December 12, 2023
SWEGATCHIE, NY – One person is dead, and another was seriously injured after a truck hit a horse and buggy on Monday morning in Oswegatchie.
The crash happened on State Highway 812. Investigators said an Ogdensburgh man was driving a pickup truck heading south and told police he didn’t see the Amish buggy that he ended up hitting.
December 10, 2023
LOVEVILLE, MD — Police are investigating a crash involving a horse and buggy and a pick-up truck in St. Mary’s County.
It happened just before noon near the intersection of Route 5 and Pin Cushion Road in Loveville.
A spokesperson for St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office told WUSA9 four people were taken to the hospital, including an infant.
December 4, 2023
A 13-year-old girl operating a horse and buggy was hurt after a crash with a vehicle.
The collision happened around 4:40 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 4, at County Road 34 and County Road 31 when Elkhart County Sheriff’s investigators say the teen was pulling out from some property onto County Road 34 and pulled into the part of a Chrysler 200 being driven by a 19-year-old Goshen woman.
November 27, 2023
Maine driver out on bail crashed his vehicle into an Amish horse and buggy in Exeter, Maine, on Thursday.
The Penobscot Regional Communications Center received a call reporting the crash around 3:05 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, according to the Penobscot County’s Sheriff’s Office and Newsbreak.
November 22, 2023
An Amish buggy with three occupants was destroyed Friday evening at 7:28 p.m. after it was rear ended by the driver of a car who failed to see it while he was driving on SR 116 near CR 200 W.
The Adams County Sheriff’s Department said Kevin R. Hibbard, 53, E. Line Street, Geneva, was eastbound on SR 116 when he came upon a buggy driven by Nathan R. Schwartz, 17, rural Geneva and collided with the rear of of the buggy.
November 20, 2023
WATERTOWN, NY – The woman who was driving the pickup truck that crashed into a buggy, killing two Amish children, has been charged with criminally negligent homicide.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office arrested 26-year-old Charlene Kring of LaFargeville on Monday.
November 12, 2023
LEACOCK TOWNSHIP, PA — A two-vehicle crash involving a horse and buggy and a 2014 Honda CRV occurred at the intersection of Old Philadelphia Pike and North Ronks Road around 12:38 p.m. on October 27, as per a Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) release.
The investigation by the troopers indicated that the driver of the horse and buggy was responsible for the collision. The driver reportedly failed to maintain control of the horse and attempted to overtake the Honda CRV from the right at an excessive speed. The Honda was stationary at a traffic light when the horse and buggy struck it.
November 12, 2023
ALLEN COUNTY, IN – The Allen County Sheriff’s Department sent out an alert Sunday evening to avoid the area of SR 37 & Cuba Road in northeast Allen County.
The alert says police are working two crashes in the area.
According to an officer with the Allen County Sheriff’s Department, the first crash happened near SR 37 & Cuba Road around 6:35 p.m. A vehicle crashed into a buggy and the horse pulling it got loose.
November 11, 2023
GEAUGA COUNTY, OH — Ohio State Highway Patrol released photos of a crash involving a buggy that took place Thursday evening near Middlefield.
OSHP and Geauga County Sheriff’s Office were called to the intersection of SR-87 and Bundysburg Windsor Road NW for reports a car and a buggy were involved in a crash around 6:30 p.m.
October 30, 2023
TOWN OF HOLTON, WI – The Marathon County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a semi-truck versus horse and buggy crash that injured three people at approximately 4:08 p.m. on Monday in the Town of Holton.
The Marathon County 911 Dispatch Center was notified of the crash near the intersection of County Road A and Juedes Avenue in the Town of Holton. Three people were injured in the crash. One person sustained life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to a local hospital. Two others suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene.
October 30, 2023
ONEIDA COUNTY, NY— The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office reported that an Amish buggy was involved in a motor vehicle accident in the town of Camden on Monday, Oct. 30.
Sheriffs were called to State Route 13 in the town, just west of Lovers Lane at approximately 7:30 in the morning on Monday, October 30. Further investigation determined that a buggy — being controlled by Alvin Glick and Daniel Gingerich of Williamstown — was traveling eastbound on State Route 13.
October 28, 2023
GETTYSBURG, OH — An 18-year-old Amish girl was thrown from her buggy Tuesday morning when it was struck by a straight truck from behind.
The Darke County Sheriff’s Office says the horse pulling the buggy was killed in the crash on U.S. 36. Darke County is located in western Ohio near the Indiana border.
October 23, 2023
Detroit Lakes, MN – There’s been a strange development in a crash that killed two children and injured two others who were riding on an Amish buggy in southern Minnesota in September.
The crash happened just before 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 25, on County Road 1 when the driver of a Toyota 4Runner collided with the two-wheeled, horse-drawn buggy south of County Road 102, near the Sumner Center Church.
Detroit Lakes, MN – There’s been a strange development in a crash that killed two children and injured two others who were riding on an Amish buggy in southern Minnesota in September.
The crash happened just before 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 25, on County Road 1 when the driver of a Toyota 4Runner collided with the two-wheeled, horse-drawn buggy south of County Road 102, near the Sumner Center Church.
October 19. 2023
FILLMORE COUNTY, MN – Law enforcement officials suspect the driver in the deadly buggy crash in Minnesota was pretending to be her twin sister.
FILLMORE COUNTY, MN – Law enforcement officials suspect the driver in the deadly buggy crash in Minnesota was pretending to be her twin sister.
Two children in the buggy were killed in the crash.
Originally, Sheriff John DeGeorge identified the driver in the deadly crash as a 35-year-old woman from Spring Valley, Minnesota.
October 13, 2023
JOHNSON COUNTY, MO — The Missouri Highway Patrol says a woman who was a passenger in a homemade Amish buggy died in a crash that happened earlier this week.
A highway patrol crash report says 20-year-old Katie Kemp of Holden, Missouri, was riding in the buggy Wednesday afternoon at about 5:30 on southbound Highway O at SW 745th Road when the driver of a 2011 Dodge Ram struck it from behind, ejecting both Kemp and the buggy driver.
JOHNSON COUNTY, MO — The Missouri Highway Patrol says a woman who was a passenger in a homemade Amish buggy died in a crash that happened earlier this week.
A highway patrol crash report says 20-year-old Katie Kemp of Holden, Missouri, was riding in the buggy Wednesday afternoon at about 5:30 on southbound Highway O at SW 745th Road when the driver of a 2011 Dodge Ram struck it from behind, ejecting both Kemp and the buggy driver.
October 9, 2023
DARLINGTON, WI – The Lafayette County sheriff says the child killed in an Amish buggy crash was just 3 years old.
Sheriff Reg Gill said the remaining family members are expected to survive after all being taken to the hospital Sunday night.
DARLINGTON, WI – The Lafayette County sheriff says the child killed in an Amish buggy crash was just 3 years old.
Sheriff Reg Gill said the remaining family members are expected to survive after all being taken to the hospital Sunday night.
October 4, 2023
WHITEFIELD, ME – A 1-month-old infant was reportedly hurt after being thrown from an Amish buggy following a crash in Whitefield.
According to the Kennebec Journal, the crash happened at the intersection of Grand Army and Vigue roads last Wednesday evening.
WHITEFIELD, ME – A 1-month-old infant was reportedly hurt after being thrown from an Amish buggy following a crash in Whitefield.
According to the Kennebec Journal, the crash happened at the intersection of Grand Army and Vigue roads last Wednesday evening.
September 26, 2023
FILLMORE COUNTY, MN — Officials in southeastern Minnesota say two children are dead and two other children are injured – all siblings – after a crash between an Amish buggy and a motorist on Monday.
According to the Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office, the fatal crash occurred shortly before 8:30 a.m. on County Road 1 south of the intersection with County Road 102, near Sumner Center.
FILLMORE COUNTY, MN — Officials in southeastern Minnesota say two children are dead and two other children are injured – all siblings – after a crash between an Amish buggy and a motorist on Monday.
According to the Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office, the fatal crash occurred shortly before 8:30 a.m. on County Road 1 south of the intersection with County Road 102, near Sumner Center.
September 21, 2023
WATERTOWN, NY – Jefferson County Sheriff Peter Barnett calls Wednesday’s fatal crash between an Amish buggy and a pickup truck one of the worst.
“Very tragic. There was a one-year-old that was deceased at the scene, and three-year-old later deceased at Samaritan Medical Center,” he said.
WATERTOWN, NY – Jefferson County Sheriff Peter Barnett calls Wednesday’s fatal crash between an Amish buggy and a pickup truck one of the worst.
“Very tragic. There was a one-year-old that was deceased at the scene, and three-year-old later deceased at Samaritan Medical Center,” he said.
September 19, 2023
EAST LACKAWANNOCK, PA – A passenger in an Amish buggy was killed after a crash with a vehicle in Mercer County.
EAST LACKAWANNOCK, PA – A passenger in an Amish buggy was killed after a crash with a vehicle in Mercer County.
The Mercer County coroner said the Amish buggy was traveling along Mercer-New Wilmington Road in East Lackawannock Township on Tuesday morning when it was hit by a car.
September 13, 2023
NASHVILLE, MI — A father and son are dead and another person is injured after a crash involving an Amish horse and buggy Tuesday night, according to the Barry County Sheriff.
The crash happened around 7:20 p.m. on Cloverdale Road near Guy Road in Maple Grove Township, which is about 15 miles southeast of Hastings. An Amish horse and buggy was struck, according to the Barry County Sheriff.
NASHVILLE, MI — A father and son are dead and another person is injured after a crash involving an Amish horse and buggy Tuesday night, according to the Barry County Sheriff.
The crash happened around 7:20 p.m. on Cloverdale Road near Guy Road in Maple Grove Township, which is about 15 miles southeast of Hastings. An Amish horse and buggy was struck, according to the Barry County Sheriff.
September 6, 2023
A horse and buggy crash — injuring nine people — happened Tuesday night, authorities said.
The crash involved a passenger vehicle and a horse and buggy in the 600 block of Strasburg Road in Paradise Township, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications.
A horse and buggy crash — injuring nine people — happened Tuesday night, authorities said.
The crash involved a passenger vehicle and a horse and buggy in the 600 block of Strasburg Road in Paradise Township, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications.
September 5, 2023
One person suffered apparent injuries when an Amish buggy with five occupants overturned Sunday in Wilmington Township.
The accident occurred around 7 p.m. in the 3000 block of state Route 208. The horse was led away from the scene, seemingly unharmed.
August 17, 2023
An Amish buggy was struck by a van in Adams County last night.
An Amish buggy was struck by a van in Adams County last night.
The crash happened at around 9:20 p.m. at the intersection of CR 650E and SR 124.
The buggy driver told deputies that he was going south on CR 650E and as he approached the intersection with SR 124 he saw the van coming from the west
August 7, 2023
ASHLAND COUNTY, OH — Troopers are investigating after a vehicle hit a horse-drawn buggy and then took off from the scene in Orange Township Sunday evening.
ASHLAND COUNTY, OH — Troopers are investigating after a vehicle hit a horse-drawn buggy and then took off from the scene in Orange Township Sunday evening.
According to a press release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the crash happened shortly after 8 p.m. on State Route 58.
August 6, 2023
EDEN TOWNSHIP, PA — A Lancaster County Amish couple has died after an accident involving a truck and a horse and buggy on Sunday, Aug. 6 in Eden Township.
EDEN TOWNSHIP, PA — A Lancaster County Amish couple has died after an accident involving a truck and a horse and buggy on Sunday, Aug. 6 in Eden Township.
According to the Lancaster County Coroner, their office responded to the 500 block of Valley Road in Eden Township at 7:14 a.m. to an accident involving a pickup truck and a horse-drawn buggy.
August 3, 2023
DAVIS COUNTY, IA — An eastern Iowa man was injured in a southeast Iowa crash Tuesday morning.
It happened around 8:15 a.m. in Davis County.
The Davis County Sheriff’s Office says Jose Hernandez, 26, of Iowa City, was driving west on 180th Street outside Bloomfield when he came upon a horse and a buggy.
DAVIS COUNTY, IA — An eastern Iowa man was injured in a southeast Iowa crash Tuesday morning.
It happened around 8:15 a.m. in Davis County.
The Davis County Sheriff’s Office says Jose Hernandez, 26, of Iowa City, was driving west on 180th Street outside Bloomfield when he came upon a horse and a buggy.
July 27, 2023
Dianne L. Ross was riding a 2023 Cub Cadet Corp lawnmower heading north along the right side of the 600 block of Donation Road in Delaware Township, troopers detailed.
While a 12-year-old Fredonia boy was driving an Amish horse drawn buggy with an 8-year-old Folk boy as his passenger were also traveling north on the road, according to the police release.
Dianne L. Ross was riding a 2023 Cub Cadet Corp lawnmower heading north along the right side of the 600 block of Donation Road in Delaware Township, troopers detailed.
While a 12-year-old Fredonia boy was driving an Amish horse drawn buggy with an 8-year-old Folk boy as his passenger were also traveling north on the road, according to the police release.
July 23, 2023
DELAWARE TWP., PA – An 87-year-old woman was reportedly seriously injured after troopers said a buggy crashed into her while she was on a lawn mower on Tuesday afternoon.
Pennsylvania State Police were called to the 600 block of Donation Road in Delaware Township.
DELAWARE TWP., PA – An 87-year-old woman was reportedly seriously injured after troopers said a buggy crashed into her while she was on a lawn mower on Tuesday afternoon.
Pennsylvania State Police were called to the 600 block of Donation Road in Delaware Township.
July 19, 2023
MORGAN COUNTY, MO – A woman was killed after her horse-drawn buggy was struck by a vehicle in Morgan County in north-central Missouri around 1:20 Monday afternoon.
Anna M. Leinbach, 53, of Barnett, was an occupant in a buggy driven by John A. Leinbach, 51, also of Barnett.
MORGAN COUNTY, MO – A woman was killed after her horse-drawn buggy was struck by a vehicle in Morgan County in north-central Missouri around 1:20 Monday afternoon.
Anna M. Leinbach, 53, of Barnett, was an occupant in a buggy driven by John A. Leinbach, 51, also of Barnett.
July 18, 2023
MORGAN COUNTY, MO – A Missouri woman died Monday in a crash involving a horse-drawn buggy.
Anna Leinbach, 53, of Barnett, Missouri, was a passenger in the buggy, which was traveling west on Route C around 1:20 p.m. Monday, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.
MORGAN COUNTY, MO – A Missouri woman died Monday in a crash involving a horse-drawn buggy.
Anna Leinbach, 53, of Barnett, Missouri, was a passenger in the buggy, which was traveling west on Route C around 1:20 p.m. Monday, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.
July 11, 2023
SALISBURY TOWNSHIP, PA – Pennsylvania State Police said a horse-and-buggy crash injured four people on Tuesday in Lancaster County.
SALISBURY TOWNSHIP, PA – Pennsylvania State Police said a horse-and-buggy crash injured four people on Tuesday in Lancaster County.
The crash happened just before 10 p.m. on Old Philadelphia Pike just east of Martin Road in Salisbury Township.
July 8, 2023
CENTRE COUNTY, PA — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) said three people were seriously injured in a vehicle crash involving an Amish buggy on Saturday near Bellefonte.
The crash happened Saturday afternoon on Route 64 in the area of Hecla Park and Bellefonte Sports Academy @ The Rink. According to PSP, a Grand Caravan was traveling westbound when it struck the horse and buggy.
CENTRE COUNTY, PA — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) said three people were seriously injured in a vehicle crash involving an Amish buggy on Saturday near Bellefonte.
The crash happened Saturday afternoon on Route 64 in the area of Hecla Park and Bellefonte Sports Academy @ The Rink. According to PSP, a Grand Caravan was traveling westbound when it struck the horse and buggy.
June 30, 2023
WEBSTER COUNTY, MO – A woman from Seymour has been charged after crashing into an Amish buggy in early June.
According to online court records, 38-year-old Julia Young is charged with second-degree involuntary manslaughter, owner and operator of a motor vehicle without maintaining financial responsibility, and operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner.
June 27, 2023
NEAR BLOOMFIELD, IA — A southeast Iowa man, formerly from northeast Missouri, was killed Monday when the two-wheel Amish cart he was in was rear-ended by a car in Davis County.
The accident was reported 7:23 a.m. Monday on Ice Avenue, about three miles west of Bloomfield.
June 27, 2023
SAGE TOWNSHIP, MI – One person is seriously hurt after an accident Friday involving a motor vehicle and an Amish buggy.
Before 5 p.m. on Friday, deputies with the Gladwin County Sheriff’s Office responded to a personal injury accident near the intersection of Wirtz Road and Shell Road.
June 20, 2023
Two siblings were thrown from a horse-pulled Amish buggy Monday morning when a tractor-trailer truck crashed into them as they rode through rural Wisconsin, killing one of the occupants as well as the horse.
The buggy itself was demolished in the crash, which occurred after 3 a.m. on Wisconsin Highway 81 in Darlington, according to a media release from the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office.
June 14, 2023
Last week’s automobile-versus-buggy accident about two miles north of Seymour on Highway C claimed the life of a 4-week-old Amish baby.
Trooper Nathan Vines of the Missouri State Highway Patrol said in his radio report that the accident occurred at 5:05 p.m. last Tuesday, June 6. He was assisted at the accident scene by Cpl. Kevin Waters of the patrol’s Major Crash Investigation Unit based in Rogersville, and officers from the Seymour Police Department, including Sgt. Gabe Stroud and Patrolman McCoy Watson.
June 12, 2023
Deputies at the Coshocton Sheriff’s Office say the crash happened at the 32000 block of US 36 in Newcastle TWP.
Officials said, when they arrived at the scene, they found Karma K. Lamb (64 year-old female) of Fredericktown was traveling westbound on US 36 when a horse and buggy also traveling westbound being operated by a juvenile, was stopping in front of her.
June 7, 2023
SEYMOUR, MO – The Missouri Highway Patrol (MSHP) urges drivers to be more cautious after an infant died on Tuesday after a car ran into an Amish buggy.
According to the MSHP crash report and Sgt. Mike McClure, Julia Young of Seymour, 38, was traveling southbound on Route C, a couple of miles north of Seymour when she passed a horse-drawn buggy with three people inside. Sgt. McClure said Young collided with the rear-end of the buggy around 5 p.m.
May 30, 2023
BELMONT COUNTY, OH — An update on a crash that happened on Memorial Day involving an Amish buggy and a Jeep at the Belmont/Monroe County Line, according to officials.
Monroe County Sheriff Charles Black Junior tells 7News three juveniles were injured after the buggy they were traveling in with their parents was struck from behind by the driver of a 2014 Grand Jeep Cherokee on State Route 800.
May 29, 2023
ST. JAMES, MO – A St. James, Missouri, woman died Sunday afternoon after the dune buggy she was riding in overturned along a backcountry road.
According to a report filed by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred around 3:40 p.m. on County Road 1140, just west of County Road 1090.
May 16, 2023
LAGRANGE COUNTY, IN – Five people were hurt, including four boys, after a buggy was rear ended by a box truck in LaGrange County on Monday morning.
Deputies with the LaGrange County Sheriff’s Office were called just before 9 a.m. to the area of State Road 9 and County Road 500 South in Wolcottville on reports of a crash involving a box truck and a horse and buggy.
May 12, 2023
TOWN OF PIGEON, WI – Several people are hurt after a vehicle vs. horse and buggy crash in Trempealeau County Thursday.
According to a media release from the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office, on May 11, 2023, around 5:40 p.m. authorities received a report of a car vs. horse and buggy crash on U.S. Highway 53-121 at Brittani Lane in the Town of Pigeon.
May 12, 2023
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, IN – A Nappanee woman and a horse are dead after police say a buggy was struck by a utility truck on Friday morning in Kosciusko County.
The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office says emergency personnel were called around 10:30 a.m. to a crash on County Road 800 West just north of County Road 850 North. When they arrived, they found a horse drawn buggy and a Ford F350 utility truck that had been involved in the collision.
May 11, 2023
The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) released a report Tuesday about a motor vehicle accident in Crawford County that involved an Amish buggy.
That accident took place on April 23 along State Route 77 in Sparta Township just after 10:30 a.m.
May 4, 2023
DeGraff, OH – Officers of the Washington Township Police Department were dispatched to State Route 235 near County Road 27 for an injury accident Wednesday evening around 10.
Upon arrival, officers learned that Ashley Allen, 38 of DeGraff, was southbound on State Route 235 and struck an Amish buggy occupied by two adults and nine children. Two adults and two children were transported to Mary Rutan Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries
May 4, 2023
MAPLETON TOWNSHIP – Five people have been transported to hospital and two horses have been euthanized after a horse and buggy and van collided in Mapleton Township on Thursday morning.
Ontario Provincial Police in Wellington County said it happened around 8:30 a.m. at 8th Line between Wellington Road 12 and Side Road 18.
April 24, 2023
CALIFORNIA TOWNSHIP, MI — A crash between a car and a horse-drawn buggy sent one person to the hospital by helicopter and another by ambulance.
The crash happened Saturday around 12:30 a.m. on Southern Road in California Township, near the Michigan-Indiana state line, according to Michigan State Police. The car was headed west on Southern Road near Kelly Road when it hit an Amish horse-drawn buggy that was also headed west in the same lane, troopers said.
April 17, 2023
KENTON, OH — Two members of the Hardin County Amish community were injured Sunday afternoon when the horse-drawn buggy in which they were riding was struck by a semi.
According to information provided by the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office, the crash occurred at approximately 2:45 p.m. on state Route 31 and Township Road 265 near Kenton.
April 17, 2023
MANTON, MI — A month after two of their children died in a buggy crash in Wexford County, an Amish couple struggles with a home that’s a little less crowded, a little quieter.
But they are thankful that their 9-year-old daughter Hannah is home from the hospital and for the support they’re getting from the community.
April 15, 2023
ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, MI — Troopers are looking for the driver of a vehicle that hit an Amish horse and buggy Friday night.
Around 8 p.m., troopers with the Michigan State Police were sent to South Ray Quincy Road near Lester Road for a hit-and-run crash involving a horse and buggy.
April 14, 2023
Two occupants of a horse-drawn buggy were injured when their buggy was struck by a car southeast of Cass City in Sanilac County.
According to a press release from the Sanilac County Sheriff’s Office, deputies along with members of the Argyle Fire Department and Cass City EMS responded to a report of a car-buggy crash on Van Dyke Road near Shabbona Road in Evergreen Township around 9:18 p.m. Wednesday, April 12.
April 10, 2023
VERNON COUNTY, WI – One person is dead after a motorcycle crash in the Town of Whitestown.
According to an official release from the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office, the crash happened on April 9 on Sandhill Road around 4:30 p.m.
Per the report, a horse leading a buggy became startled and crossed into the path of a motorcycle.
April 1, 2023
Preston, MN – A Hastings man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and two years on probation for his conviction on charges stemming from a fatal traffic crash in Fillmore County in 2021.
41-year-old Joseph Perry recently entered into a plea agreement and admitted to a gross misdemeanor drug possession charge and a misdemeanor count of driving after suspension. A number of other charges, including a felony drug charge, and misdemeanor counts of open bottle, careless driving, marijuana possession, and possession of drug paraphernalia were dismissed.
March 31, 2023
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA — A driver from Coatesville has been arrested for driving while impaired on March 10, around 5:50PM, officers say. The East Earl Township Police Department was investigating a vehicle versus horse and buggy crash on Main Street in front of the Shady Maple Complex, which revealed that Martin’s vehicle struck the buggy.
Investigators noticed signs of impairment, and results of a breath test revealed that Martin had a blood alcohol concentration of .205% at the time of the crash.
March 20, 2023
WEXFORD COUNTY, MI – Two Amish children were killed and another was seriously injured in a crash on Monday, according to the Wexford County Sheriff’s Office.
At 8:15 a.m., a report was received of a crash involving a vehicle and a buggy.
March 14, 2023
WATERTOWN, NY – An Amish buggy without a driver to control the horses traveled roughly two miles on one of Watertown’s busiest streets before colliding with vehicles.
City police said the driver, Joseph Zook (no age or address available), parked his buggy at Lowe’s Home Improvement on Route 3, also known as outer Arsenal Street, in the town of Watertown.
March 8, 2023
VAN BUREN COUNTY, IA — One person was hurt Tuesday morning when an Amish buggy and a school bus collided in Van Buren County, Iowa.
An initial investigation revealed that the horse pulling the buggy got spooked and crossed the centerline into the path of the oncoming school bus, according to the sheriff’s office.
February 28, 2023
TOWN OF OSWEGATCHIE, NY – State police are looking for a truck that they say hit an Amish buggy and took off.
Troopers say it happened on State Highway 68 near Blevin’s Dodge in the town of Oswegatchie on Monday at 6:24 p.m.
They say a truck sideswiped an Amish buggy, breaking the wheel. The driver did not stop.
February 25, 2023
MERCER COUNTY, PA – A man was killed when a horse-drawn buggy was destroyed after a crash in Mercer County.
Mercer County dispatchers said the crash happened in the 400 block of New Castle-Mercer Road at around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.
February 15, 2023
FLOYD COUNTY, IA – Six people were injured Tuesday after an Amish buggy was hit by a truck, according to the Iowa State Patrol.
Troopers say a Chevy truck driven by 66-year-old Jim Whitmarsh, of Charles City, was traveling eastbound on 140th Street.
February 13, 2023
TRENTON, NY – On Saturday night at approximately 9 p.m., New York State Police were dispatched to Powell Road in the Town of Trenton for a pickup truck vs. Amish buggy crash.
A 2015 Ford pickup truck operated by Douglas N. Clark, 58, from Barneveld, NY, was travelling eastbound on Powell Road when he struck a horse-drawn Amish buggy, causing it to overturn and eject all five occupants, troopers said.
February 11, 2023
Kirksville man was airlifted to the hospital, after he and his buggy were hit with a car.
According to an online crash report, the crash happened at about 6:20 Saturday night, about 3.5 miles northeast of La Plata on route E.
February 8, 2023
ORWELL, OH — A man driving an Amish buggy was ejected from his vehicle Wednesday morning after failing to yield at an intersection, Orwell police confirmed to FOX 8.
Police were called to the intersection of SR-45 and Route 322 around 10:40 a.m. for a reported crash involving a semi-truck and a buggy.
January 28, 2023
THETFORD TOWNSHIP, MI – Michigan State Police troopers are investigating a deadly crash in northern Genesee County.
It happened around 2:40 p.m. Saturday in the intersection of Bray and Vienna roads in Thetford Township.
January 27, 2023
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – Four Amish family members are dead after the 15 passenger van they were in rolled several times Friday morning. It happened on Highway 20 just north of Wellsburg. One adult and three children under the age of five died. Several others were injured.
Officials have not released the names of those killed. No one in the vehicle was wearing a seat belt or in a car seat.
January 24, 2023
A father who caused the death of his son on Christmas Day is again facing the prospect of prison after prosecutors challenged a community work sentence.
Christopher Browne, 33, avoided jail last year after admitting he was to blame for the death of two-year-old Lincoln.
January 17, 2023
HOWELL COUNTY, MO — A two-vehicle crash— one of which was a horse-drawn buggy — near Grovespring in Howell County ended with injuries and an arrest.
At 3:08 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 15, Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers initiated an investigation of a crash on Highway 5 about five miles south of Grovespring.
January 14, 2023
First responders were called to a crash involving a vehicle and horse-and-buggy in Cayuga County on Thursday.
It happened around 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of Route 90 and Toll Gate Hill Road in Locke.
January 11, 2023
Two people were injured when a driver crashed into an Amish horse-drawn buggy in Otter Tail County on Wednesday.
The incident just before 11 a.m. saw a 42-year-old woman from Deer Creek driving a Ford Explorer SUV on County Hwy 50 when she crested a hill only to see the buggy at the bottom of the slope going the same direction.
January 4, 2023
Yet another Amish horse-drawn buggy versus automobile accident in southern Webster County occurred last weekend, this time on U.S. 60 in Diggins.
According to Trooper J.W. Philpott of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident at 7:10 p.m. last Saturday, Dec. 31, which was New Year’s Eve, was the result of the buggy failing to yield to traffic.
2022 Buggy Accidents
December 28, 2022
A collision involving a pickup truck and an Amish buggy happened on KY 80 in Graves County south of Mayfield.
The Graves County Sheriff’s Office said the buggy and truck were traveling in the same direction when the truck hit the rear of the buggy. The impact caused the buggy to flip and throw out two men.
December 19, 2022
MADISON, WI – A mother and baby were reunited after the horse-driven Amish buggy carrying the infant got loose from being tied up from its post in Grant County and took off.
The Grant County Sheriff’s Office stated that it was notified around 10:30 a.m. Friday that the baby in the horse-drawn buggy had gone missing on Breezy Hill Road, in Hickory Grove Township, near Fennimore. Officials say the infant’s mother had tied the horse and buggy to a pole at a home, but the horse worked itself loose and rode off with the child still inside the wagon.
December 18, 2022
GALLIA COUNTY, OH — One juvenile is dead after a Ford Escape and Amish horse and buggy crashed in the Rio Grande area, the Gallipolis Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) said.
Around 4:52 p.m. on Friday, OSHP responded to the crash on State Route 325 and found two juveniles ejected from the buggy.
December 17, 2022
RICHMOND COUNTY, VA – A driver is facing charges in a wreck involving a horse and buggy on Route 3 that sent three people to the hospital and left a horse dead in rural Richmond County, according to officials with Virginia State Police.
Troopers were called to the crash between a Chevy Equinox and a horse and buggy near Arnold Lane and Boswell Road just before 9 a.m. Saturday.
December 15, 2022
ELKHART COUNTY, IN – The Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office says two people were injured in a crash on Thursday morning involving an SUV and a buggy.
Police say a 2007 Buick Rainier was traveling south on County Road 43 towards County Road 14 around 10:50 a.m. when it crossed the center line and collided head on with a buggy. This caused the buggy to overturn in the ditch on the east side of County Road 43.
December 6, 2022
SHERIDAN TWP, MI – A 52-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman were injured after a crash on Tuesday, Nov. 27, involving their horse-drawn buggy and a truck in Sheridan Township.
Around 8:36 p.m., Clare County central dispatch said they received a call reporting the crash on East Colonville Road near South Brand Avenue.
December 2, 2022
An Amish couple remains in critical condition after a pickup hit the back of their horse-drawn buggy on Sunday, Clare sheriff’s officials said.
Jay Stutzman, 52, and Irene Stutzman, 53, of Clare, were on East Colonvilke Road near Brand Avenue, east of Clare, when they were hit about 8:30 p.m. that day, officials said.
November 1, 2022
CHAUTAUQUA, NY – Those involved in a crash between an Amish Buggy and a Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Deputy have been released from the hospital.
The accident happened on Stockton-Hartfield Road in the Town of Chautauqua just after 9 p.m. on Sunday.
Five people who were riding in the buggy at the time have since been released from medical care and are recovering at home.
October 12, 2022
KINDERHOOK TOWNSHIP, MI – Three occupants of an Amish buggy were injured late Wednesday afternoon when a 2016 BMW hit their buggy from behind on Copeland Road west of Legg Road.
The Branch County Sheriff’s Department says the crash happened at about 5:16 p.m. when the BMV driven by 24-year-old Samuel Barke of Hillsdale crested a hill and struck the Amish buggy driven by 20-year- old John Girod of Coldwater.
October 9, 2022
Windsor, MO – A man and a woman were both treated for injuries following a crash that took place in Henry County on Thursday evening. On October 6, the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to a crash that took place on Northeast Highway Y.
At around 5:22 p.m., a collision between an Amish buggy and a 2000 Chevrolet Metro took place on Northeast Highway Y at the intersection of Northeast 1100 Road. Both vehicles suffered severe damage as a result of the crash. The two vehicles were removed from the scene following the accident.
October 4, 2022
The Highway Patrol reports a Spickard man sustained moderate injuries when he was ejected from a buggy after it was hit by a sports utility vehicle near Spickard on Tuesday morning, October 4th.
Emergency medical services took 36-year-old Menno Hostetler to the Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. No injuries were reported for the driver of the SUV, 29-year-old Jinnifer Shuler of Spickard.
October 1, 2022
The Ohio State Highway patrol reported that a teen Amish boy was severely injured after his horse and buggy collided against a tractor-trailer trailer rig.
According to police, the boy, 15, was ejected from the accident that resulted in the death of the horse at rural Jackson County’s state Highway 32.
September 30, 2022
An Amish teen was critically injured when his horse and buggy collided with a tractor-trailer rig, the Ohio State Highway patrol reported.
The 15-year-old boy was ejected in the crash, which killed the horse on state Highway 32 in rural Jackson County, police said.
The driver of the commercial semi-truck was not injured.
September 30, 2022
A 32-year-old Mechanicsville man was found guilty on Sept. 29 after a three-day trial regarding the death of Henry B. Stauffer, 65, when a truck collided with a horse-drawn buggy in Loveville on Oct. 27, 2021.
The jury found Ryan Nicholas Cherrico guilty on eight of nine counts. He was guilty of negligent manslaughter by auto, contributing to negligent manslaughter, homicide by vehicle, reckless driving, negligent driving, failure to stop after an accident involving damage, failure to render assistance and failure to report an incident to police.
September 29, 2022
ACKSON COUNTY, OH – Authorities are investigating after a juvenile was injured in a crash between an Amish buggy and a semi in Jackson County.
According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, at the intersection of State Route 32 and County Road 24.
September 29, 2022
GLASGOW — Authorities responded to a crash Wednesday morning involving a pickup truck and a horse-drawn buggy just before 11:40.
The Glasgow Police Department said the crash happened near Sorensen Drive and Grandview Avenue. Officers made contact with two subjects.
September 24, 2022
A Sugar Grove, Pa., man who crashed into a buggy, breaking the neck of the driver, before fleeing the scene is headed to state prison.
Gary L. O’Donnell, 69, was sentenced Friday by President Judge Maureen Skerda on charges including his eighth lifetime DUI. The incident occurred near Dollar General in Sugar Grove in February 2021.
September 21, 2022
CENTRE COUNTY, PA — The Centre County Deputy Coroner was sent to a farm in Centre Hall where three family members died in a farming accident.
State police and emergency crews were sent to the farm around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday morning at 2926 lower Brush Valley Road in Potter Township. According to the Centre County Coroner’s Office, Amish family members, Andrew Beiler, 47, and his two sons ages 14 and 19 died after they were trapped inside of a silo.
September 20, 2022
JOHNSON COUNTY, IA – A crash with a horse-drawn buggy leaves a 75-year-old man injured at 540th St. SW and Eagle Ave. SW just after 7 a.m. on Tuesday.
63-year-old John Mast was driving on 540th St. SW when his vision was impaired by a glare. Mast then hit a horse-drawn buggy operated by 75-year-old Simon Borkholder.
September 15, 2022
A man has died and another has been seriously injured after a buggy crash in a remote part of East Arnhem Land.
Emergency services were notified of the incident – about 100 kilometres south of Gove – just after 11pm last night.
NT Police said a “personal location device” with authorities informed that the two men, aged 34 and 35, had rolled their buggy, with one suffering critical injuries.
August 31, 2022
Holden, MO – An automobile accident involving a horse and buggy left multiple people injured on Saturday afternoon. Just after 1:45 p.m., on August 27, emergency crews were notified that a crash took place on Highway 58 that required assistance.
Preliminary reports surrounding the accident provided by trooper JD Hood show that a horse and buggy occupied by multiple people was traveling on Highway 58 in the area of Southwest 1001 Road. For unknown reasons, a 2003 Mercury crashed into the rear of the vehicle.
August 27, 2022
Six people were injured in a two-vehicle accident involving a horse and buggy Saturday afternoon in Johnson County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that an eastbound 2003 Mercury, driven by 71-year-old Glenn. R. Gilbert of Holden, was on Highway 58 at SW 1001 Road around 1:30 p.m., when Gilbert failed to observe an eastbound horse and buggy, driven by 38-year-old Truman K. Gingerich, also of Holden, and struck the buggy.
August 26, 2022
One person was seriously injured Thursday morning when a truck struck an Amish buggy on Highway KK near Hartshorn.
Tpr. Joshua Kenyon said a southbound 1998 Chevrolet pickup driven by a 16-year-old Hartshorn boy struck the rear of the animal-drawn vehicle
August 26, 2022
WAUPUN, WI – The 36-year-old Medford man convicted of causing a fatal crash was transferred to the Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun on Friday. Skyler Opelt will begin his four-year prison sentence.
In June, Opelt pleaded no contest to homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle, and four counts of reckless driving during a plea deal.
August 26, 2022
TEXAS – A 25-year-old man was seriously injured Wednesday morning after his horse-drawn buggy was rear-ended by a pickup in Texas County.
Hartshorn resident Shetler E. Alvin was driving the buggy on Highway KK when it was hit by a 1998 Chevy Silverado at 7:25 a.m., according to Missouri State Highway Patrol.
August 24, 2022
SHERMAN, NY – Two people were hurt during an Amish buggy-vehicle crash in the Village of Sherman.
The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday on Osborn Street.
Following an investigation into the accident, deputies believe that 30-year-old Naresh Kumar Venkatesan was traveling west on the Interstate 86 off ramp and failed to stop on Osborn Street, striking the Amish horse and buggy which was crossing the intersection.
August 18, 2022
State Police say glare from the sun may have contributed to a crash involving a milk tanker truck and an Amish buggy in Mercer County.
A rescue squad from New Wilmington was dispatched shortly before 7:30 a.m. Thursday to the 1500 block of Mercer New Wilmington Road to a reported injury accident in East Lackawannock Township.
August 18, 2022
VOLANT, PA – A 26-year-old driver of a buggy was hurt after he was hit by a truck tractor/tanker combo hauling milk.
The crash happened about 7:21 a.m. Thursday on Mercer New Wilmington Road.
August 16, 2022
The Medford man who ran his vehicle into the back of an Amish buggy while impaired was sentenced Monday in Taylor County.
Skyler Opelt will serve a total of seven years for killing a mother and injuring several of her children, including three years in prison and four years on probation.
August 15, 2022
JEFFERSON COUNTY, NY — New York State Police are investigating a crash involving a horse-drawn buggy and a SUV in Jefferson County. Troopers responded to the crash on County Rt. 15 in the Town of Orleans at 6:33 a.m. Saturday.
Investigators say an SUV was traveling south on County Rt. 15 when it came over a hill and crashed into the rear of the buggy. The operator of the buggy, Samuel A. Hostetler, 39, and the passenger, Mose Hostetler, 21, were both ejected from the buggy from the crash, troopers said.
August 14, 2022
On August 13, 2022, at 6:33 a.m., State Police responded to an Amish Buggy/Vehicle crash that occurred on County Route 15 near Honey Flats Road in the town of Orleans, Jefferson County.
The preliminary investigation has revealed a 2017 Ford Edge, operated by Troy J. Weaver, age 29, from Lafargeville, NY, was traveling south on Couty Route 15 when he crested a hill and struck the rear of a horse-drawn Amish Buggy, operated by Samuel A. Hostetler, age 39, from Lafargeville, NY.
August 12, 2022
MINNESOTA – A van crashed into a horse-drawn buggy in Polk County Thursday morning, sending two people to the hospital. The state patrol says the buggy was eastbound on Highway 2 in a construction zone in the town of McIntosh when it was rear-ended by a van driven by 53-year-old James Simon of Moorhead. Simon was not injured.
August 9, 2022
TOWN OF LERAY, NY – A 29-year-old Amish man is hospitalized with a head injury after his horse-drawn buggy was struck by a minivan.
The crash happened at 2:30 p.m. Monday on State Route 37 in the town of LeRay.
State police said Joe Swartzentruber of Evans Mills was driving the buggy when a vehicle rear-ended him.
August 7, 2022
PARKMAN TOWNSHIP, OH – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash involving an Amish buggy in which a 33-year-old father was killed while riding with his 9-year-old son.
The crash happened about 5:30 p.m. Saturday on Route 422 in Geauga County. The Highway Patrol says both were in a horse drawn buggy when a car driven by a 34-year-old man from Warren crashed into them from behind.
July 27, 2022
SANDUSKY — A 45-year-old Peck woman has pled guilty to two charges in the 2021 fatal crash involving an SUV and an Amish buggy.
The rear-end collision in Maple Valley Township claimed the life of a 46-year-old Amish man and injured a 46-year-old Amish woman.
July 24, 2022
wo people in a horse and buggy were injured Friday night in the Town of Chautauqua, and the motorist accused of crashing into their vehicle was charged with felony impaired driving.
Adam L. West, 41, of Portland, was traveling north in his vehicle at about 7:45 p.m. on Thayer Road when it struck the horse and buggy, which was headed south and carrying four passengers, according to Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputies.
July 19, 2022
CAMPBELL COUNTY, VA — Campbell County first responders were called out Monday night to a report of a collision involving a horse and buggy.
According to the Rustburg Volunteer Fire Department, a car hit a buggy along Red House Road on Monday, July 18 before leaving the scene of the incident.
July 19, 2022
Two injured in Whiteside Co. vehicle versus horse-drawn buggy crash.
July 12, 2022
A collision involving an SUV and a horse-drawn buggy, left a passenger in the buggy with serious injuries. The crash occurred Monday at about 6:15 pm on Highway 6, west of Trenton. According to the report, the buggy driven by 23-year-old Chris R Kramer of Jamesport was westbound and an SUV driven by 23-year-old Jessica E Lewis was also westbound and ran into the buggy’s rear.
July 8, 2022
A Sugar Grove man has pleaded guilty to his role in a traffic crash where his vehicle demolished a buggy, seriously injured the driver and killed the horse.
Gary L. O’Donnell, 69, pleaded Thursday before President Judge Maureen Skerda. The plea was to charges including DUI, accident involving death or personal injury, which both carry 90-day mandatory minimum sentences, and three summary offenses.
June 29, 2022
LOGAN COUNTY — A teenager sustained minor injuries following a horse-drawn buggy collision in Pleasant Township Tuesday.
Logan County deputies say that a Chevrolet Impala failed to maintain a clear distance from behind the buggy and struck the carriage on County Line Road. The collision caused the buggy roll over into the nearby ditch.
June 25, 2022
STOCKHOLM, NY — A man from Winthrop is facing charges after allegedly fleeing the scene after hitting an Amish horse-drawn buggy in St. Lawrence County.
According to the St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office, deputies investigated a personal injury accident in the town of Stockholm on June 23. During the course of the investigation, deputies discovered that 56-year-old Wayne S. Arquiett from Winthrop had struck an Amish horse-drawn buggy in the rear which caused two of the occupants to be ejected.
June 22, 2022
RUSSELLVILLE, KY – A man is facing multiple charges after authorities say he struck a horse and buggy from behind.
On Tuesday, June 21 around 7:08 a.m. the Logan County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 6500 block of Morgantown Road in reference to a vehicle vs horse and buggy accident.
June 20, 2022
RISING SUN, MD — A man and his two young children were seriously injured after a pick-up truck crashed into a horse and buggy in Cecil County this morning.
It happened at about 8:56 a.m. on Theodore Road near Ebenezer Church Road in Rising Sun, said Cecil County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. Michael Holmes.
June 17, 2022
Officers of the Washington Township Police Department report that an adult and a child were transported from the scene of an Amish buggy and car crash Wednesday evening for treatment of serious injuries.
The operator of the buggy, Rudy Wagler, 20 of Lewistown, and his passenger, Alma Wagler, 13, each were transported to Mary Rutan Hospital and then were transferred to Lima Memorial Hospital. Officers said both of these occupants had been thrown from the buggy.
June 8, 2022
LITITZ, PA – A horse was killed and one person was injured in a crash involving a horse-and-buggy Wednesday morning in Lancaster County.
June 7, 2022
ADAIR COUNTY, MO — A northeast Missouri woman and boy were injured in a crash involving an Amish buggy and horse.
The crash was reported Sunday around 8 p.m.
June 6, 2022
NAPOLI, NY – Charges are pending against the driver involved in a hit-and-run crash with an Amish Buggy in Cattaraugus County.
The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened last Wednesday on Pigeon Valley Road in the Town of Napoli.
Deputies report that two people were taken to the hospital with injuries: an adult male and young female.
June 6, 2022
When police received a call about an out-of-control horse buggy, they found a passed out Amish man at the helm.
May 20, 2022
An Amish man in Ohio was the subject of a low-speed police chase on May 14 when he was asleep while operating a horse and buggy.
Ashtabula Sheriff’s Deputy Mike Talbert attempted to stop the buggy at around 2:43 a.m. in Orwell, Ohio, but was unsuccessful and told other officers that the driver of the horse and buggy looked like he was asleep, according to Fox 8.
May 16, 2022
An 11-year-old died and three others in the family were hospitalized Friday after an Amish buggy was hit by a car in rural Adams County.
May 5, 2022
LITCHFIELD TWP. — An Amish buggy was struck by a car Wednesday morning, killing one and injuring two others.
Von Michael Johnson, 35, of Wellington, was driving a white 2016 Chevrolet express van when he struck the buggy around the 10000 block of Norwalk Road, according to the Medina County Sheriff’s Office.
April 29, 2022
FARMVILLE, VA — A Virginia man is facing charges in a crash with an Amish horse-drawn buggy that killed a Cumberland County couple and injured their eight children.
A Cumberland County grand jury indicted Mickel Bates, 60, of Farmville on Tuesday on two counts of involuntary manslaughter and reckless driving in the deaths of Barbie and John Esh, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. Bates declined to comment when reached by telephone by The Associated Press.
April 26, 2022
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA — A Lancaster County man is facing several charges after police say he crashed a pickup truck head-on into two horse and buggies in an incident last week.
One person was seriously injured and one of the horses was killed in the crash, which occurred at 9:23 p.m. on April 18 in Salisbury Township, according to State Police.
April 25, 2022
BENTON, NY – Sunday, April 24, Yates County Sheriff’s Deputies responded with Benton and Bellona Fire Depts. and Penn Yan Ambulance Corps to 1680 Toomey Road in the town of Benton for a report of a horse & buggy that had over turned onto a young child.
April 24, 2022
HARDYVILLE, KY — A woman has died after a horse drawn buggy was hit Saturday in Hart County.
Kentucky State Police says the injury collision happened just before 6:51 p.m. A crash happened near 6853 Hardyville Road.
A preliminary investigation revealed a white Chevrolet truck was traveling westbound along KY-88 when it struck a black buggy in the rear. Brandon Polson, 33, of Hardyville, was driving the truck.
April 6, 2022
OXBOW, NY – Three people were taken to area hospitals after an SUV crashed into an Amish buggy.
It happened on County Route 22 near Oxbow Tuesday evening.
Officials at the scene said the SUV hit the buggy from behind, went off the road, and struck a tree.
April 1, 2022
The Adams County Sheriff’s Office indicates that weather and driver inattention were factors in a crash involving a horse drawn Amish buggy carrying a family of two adults and three children in rural Adams County last night.
March 24, 2022
JUNCTION CITY – A Amish buggy was destroyed after a car collided with it at high speeds along SR37 last night
Accoriding to First Responders the collision happened along the 5300 Area of State Route 37 in Perry County at 8 pm. When firefighters arrived they described the wreckage of the buggy as 250 feet worth of a debris field from the high-speed collision.
March 18, 2022
An Amish buggy was damaged in a crash with a SUV on Tuesday in Crawford County, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
It was reported on State Route 89 south of Harrison Rd. in Rome Township around 3:17 p.m.
A Chevrolet Suburban SUV was heading south on Route 89 when a horse-drawn buggy pulled out of a parking lot in front of the SUV, troopers said.
March 11, 2022
On Thursday morning, three people suffered injuries following a traffic collision in Montcalm County.
As per the initial information, the two-vehicle crash took place on M-91 near the intersection of Briggs Road in Pine Township, north of Greenville. The early reports showed that a pickup truck was traveling southbound on M-91 when the driver went over the centerline and crashed into an oncoming Amish buggy.
March 10, 2022
MONTCALM COUNTY, MI – Two people in an Amish buggy was seriously injured Thursday, March 10, when an oncoming pickup truck crossed the center like and struck them, state police said.
State police are on the scene on M-91 in Montcalm County’s Pine Township.
March 1, 2022
Deputies of the Logan County Sheriff’s Office report a DeGraff woman was killed in a crash involving an Amish horse and buggy and a pickup Monday afternoon, which also sent an adult and three children to area hospitals for treatment of serious injuries.
Buggy occupant Elizibeth Wagler, 34, was pronounced dead following the 3:35 p.m. crash on State Route 47 near Township Road 208. She was transported by Riverside EMS to Mary Rutan Hospital.
February 25, 2022
A “reckless” horse-drawn Amish buggy was driving so erratically that it was pulled over by police who heard the driver say he’d had “a couple of beers.”
Ray Byler, 20, from Sigel, Jefferson County, was pulled over by police officers who soon learned the driver had been drinking, reports WJAC-TV.
February 22, 2022
LIMESTONE TWP, PA – A 2011 Dodge Avenger crashed into a horse and buggy on State Rt. 44 west of Shed Road on Saturday, Feb. 20 at 1:52 p.m., according to a news release from Pennsylvania State Police – Montoursville.
Allison Schweikart, 23, of Jersey Shore was traveling north on Rt. 44 when police said she failed to maintain visual of the roadway “due to becoming distracted by their dog in the backseat” of the vehicle.
February 21, 2022
An Amish family of nine was riding along in their horse-drawn buggy on Route 44 when a passenger car came up behind and plowed right into them about 1:50 p.m. Sunday, injuring four of them, none seriously, according to state police. All nine family members were thrown out of the buggy, which was demolished by the impact, Nippenose Valley fire officials said. State police said both vehicles were traveling north on Route 44 when the collision occurred at Shed Road.
February 20, 2022
OVAL – All nine family members were thrown out of the buggy, which was demolished by the impact, Nippenose Valley fire officials said. State police said both vehicles were traveling north on Route 44 when the collision occurred at Shed Road.
A witness ran into the Dollar General Store to get help. A Nippenose Valley volunteer firefighter happened to be in the store and immediately alerted a dispatcher on his radio.
February 15, 2022
Northern York County Regional Police said a York County man is dead after an early morning crash Tuesday.
Police said a 51-year-old New Freedom man was driving a 2021 Ford F-250 pick-up truck west in the 5200 block of Blooming Grove Road in Manheim Township at 2:37 a.m. Tuesday when the vehicle traveled off the road, and struck a guardrail and a utility pole before traveling down an embankment.
February 14, 2022
Yates County, in the Finger Lakes region, has many Amish and Mennonite residents and, like our area, experiences numerous crashes involving horse and buggies versus vehicles, as was described in a “Did You Know” weekly article in September of last year. We often hear about these crashes but seldom are made aware of any arrests and/or charges.
February 9, 2022
On Friday night, February 4, at approximately 10:30 p.m., Gladwin County deputies and EMS were dispatched to a personal injury accident involving a Ford F-150 pickup truck and a horse-drawn buggy.
The crash occurred on Wagerville Rd., east of M-18 while both the pickup truck and the buggy were heading westbound. According to the police report, the pickup was driven by a 30-year-old man from Beaverton, who was uninjured from the accident. The buggy was occupied by an Amish family consisting of a 32-year-old man, 34-year-old female and six children ranging from a nine-year-old to an infant.
February 9, 2022
AGreencastle woman who pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle and DUI controlled substance in relation to a March 2021 fatal horse-and-buggy crash was sentenced Tuesday to a maximum of 23 months in prison on the homicide count.
Court documents say Tabitha Foultz, 21, formerly Tabitha Evelhoch at the time of the crash, was sentenced to three months to 23 months in prison on the homicide by vehicle count and 72 hours to six months in prison on the DUI count. Foultz will be expected to refrain from drug or alcohol use, submit a DNA sample and undergo a drug/alcohol evaluation and complete any recommended treatment, according to the documents.
February 1, 2022
MACHIAS, NY — A horse was killed and two people were seriously injured after a crash between a vehicle and a horse-drawn buggy in Cattaraugus County Tuesday.
According to New York State police, the crash occurred on Roszyk Hill Road in the area of Very Road in Machias when the vehicle clipped the buggy and caused the buggy to crash.
January 30, 2022
MECHANICSVILLE, MD – We are receiving reports of a motor vehicle crash this evening that involves a horse-pulled buggy.
At approximately 5:09 p.m. on January 30, first responders were called to the scene in the 28000 block of Hills Club Road, in the area of Old Village Road for the reported accident. The caller had indicated that one of the vehicles involved was a horse-pulled buggy.
January 25, 2022
One person has died after a crash between a horse and buggy and an SUV in Huron County, Ont.
Emergency crews were called to the scene around 8:15 a.m. Tuesday on Howick-Turnberry Road near Kieffer Line and east of Wingham.
A news release from the OPP said they believe the buggy veered into the path of oncoming traffic.
January 21, 2022
MARCY, NY – The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office has reported that the driver who injured a horse after hitting an Amish buggy and then fleeing the scene has been identified as Shaun McKerrow of Poland.
McKerrow has been issued a traffic ticket and is scheduled to appear in front of the Marcy Town Court in the future.
January 21, 2022
CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI -Authorities responded to a crash on Highway 64 at 350th Street.
Authorities say this is a car vs. buggy crash. One injury, considered non-life threatening, is suspected at this time.
According to the Wisconsin DOT, on State Highway 64 between 350th Street and 370th Street in Chippewa County the Eastbound/Westbound lanes are closed due to the crash.
January 17, 2022
A buggy crash in Ohio has left three boys seriously injured with one of them sustaining life-threatening injuries, according to WJW
The news outlet says a horse-drawn buggy and a passenger van collided in Geauga County after it failed to yield from a private drive.
January 16, 2022
GEAUGA COUNTY, OH – Three juvenile boys were seriously injured Sunday morning when their buggy crashed into a passenger van.
Middlefield firefighters said the crash happened around 12:45 a.m. in the 16000 block of Nauvoo Road near State Route 528.
According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers, the buggy failed to yield from a private drive and was struck by a westbound 2009 Chevrolet Express van.
January 13, 2022
HOLMES COUNTY, OH – Sheriff’s deputies are investigating after a Millersburg man and his 4-year-old son were killed in a buggy crash in Holmes County on Wednesday.
It happened on State Route 83 in Mechanic Township around 6:15 p.m.
According to the incident report, the horse-drawn buggy was heading southbound on State Route 83 when it was rear-ended by a 2007 Jeep Commander, throwing the driver and his son from the buggy.
January 10, 2022
BIRMINGHAM — An Amish-owned horse was put down by a State Highway Patrol trooper Friday after suffering serious injuries in a head-on collision with a vehicle on Sligo Road in northern Guernsey County.
A sergeant with the patrol’s Cambridge post said the action was taken at the request of the owner of the horse.
January 5, 2022
TAYLOR COUNTY WI – A 35-year-old Medford man is charged in a Taylor County crash that killed a woman and hurt her eight children. Skyler Opelt is charged with homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle, and four counts of reckless driving. On November 24, deputies say Opelt crashed into a buggy on county highway C in the town of Little Black.
At the scene, deputies had to use Narcan on an unresponsive Opelt. Court documents say Opelt later admitted to snorting some kind of drug. Law enforcement officers say he was also on the phone at the time of the crash. A 36-year-old woman in the buggy died two days after due to her injuries.
2021 Buggy Accidents
December 27, 2021
THOMPSON TOWNSHIP – A Bellevue man was killed Monday morning in a one-vehicle crash in Seneca County, according to the Norwalk Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Brian Sampsel, 41, of Bellevue, was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS personnel, according to the Patrol.
December 24, 2021
ASHLAND COUNTY, OH – A 58-year-old man has been charged with drunk driving after crashing into an Amish buggy that carrying two children on Thursday.
The Ashland County Sherriff’s Office responded to the crash on State Route 96 just after 6:30 p.m. A witness told dispatchers that the driver responsible for the crash was walking away and that two Amish children, ages five and seven, had sustained injuries.
December 21, 2021
HENDERSON TOWNSHIP, PA – Someone struck an Amish buggy on Route 119 near Stump Creek recently.
The vehicle, simply described as an unknown Ford, had been trying to pass two or three vehicles, including the buggy, on Dec. 16.
The vehicle cut back into the lane quickly to avoid a van coming in the opposite direction.
December 20, 2021
TOWNSHIP OF FENNIMORE, WI – Two people received minor injuries after their horse-drawn buggy collided with a vehicle and then fell into a ditch, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office reports Monday.
Authorities’ investigation found that David Noel III, 63, was driving south on County Road F in the Township of Fennimore when he looked down to grab something from inside his car. The sheriff’s office stated that when Noel looked back up, he saw a horse and buggy on the right shoulder of the road going southbound.
October 19, 2021
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, VA — Two parents were killed and their eight children are injured following a crash Sunday night involving a horse-drawn buggy in Cumberland County.
Virginia State Police say the crash happened on Route 45 near Davis Lane when a 2005 Toyota Tundra hit a horse-drawn buggy on Sunday, Oct. 17. Ten people were riding in the buggy at the time it was struck.
October 11, 2021
LEBANON, NY – A family of four was ejected from their Amish buggy during a crash on Lebanon Road on Friday, Oct. 8.
New York State Police in Morrisville responded to the crash in Lebanon at 6 p.m. on Friday.
October 11, 2021
KINCARDINE, CANADA – One woman was air lifted to hospital with critical injuries after a crash involving a tractor and a horse and buggy near Kincardine on Monday.
Ornge air ambulance said two helicopters responded to the scene. The first landed around 11:05 a.m., the second was expected to arrive around 11:50 a.m., but later called off.
October 5, 2021
FARMERSVILLE, NY — Four children ages 6, 8, 10 and 13 were rushed to the hospital Monday afternoon after the horse-drawn buggy, operated by one of the children, was hit by a pick up truck.
New York State Police say the buggy ran a stop sign at the intersection of County Route 80 and Rogers Road in Farmersville.
October 5, 2021
Grant County, WI – Two people were killed and three were critically injured when their Amish buggy was hit by a minivan on Sunday night in Grant County, authorities reported.
At about 9:25 p.m., the Grant County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a crash between a vehicle and an Amish buggy on Highway 35 near the Highway 81 turnoff at Porter’s Bridge in the township of Beetown, Sheriff Nate Dreckman said in a statement.
September 18, 2021
WEST FALLOWFIELD TOWNSHIP — An infant girl was killed after being thrown from an Amish horse and buggy when it was rear-ended by a pick-up truck Thursday.
The infant was one of four children who were injured in the crash which took place on State Highway 18 at around 2:52 p.m., according to Pennsylvania State Police in Meadville. The girl was flown to UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh following the crash, but died of her injuries on Friday, police said.
September 14, 2021
MOIRA, NY — A young child lost his life over the weekend following an incident in Franklin County.
New York State Police confirmed that on September 12, troopers responded to a report of an accident involving an Amish buggy on Elmer Road in Moira.
September 12, 2021
LOWELL, WI – A horse and buggy driver has died from injuries he sustained Friday morning after being struck by an SUV.
A Dodge County sheriff’s deputy responded at 7:10 a.m. to a crash involving a Subaru SUV and a horse and buggy on State Highway 16/60 west of the intersection with County Highway J in the Town of Lowell.
September 8, 2021
TOWN OF PRAIRIE LAKE, WI – A woman is injured after her buggy was struck by a truck Tuesday evening in Barron County.
According to the Barron County Sheriff’s Department, a 21-year-old Amish woman was traveling westbound in a buggy drawn by a single horse on County Highway D in rural Barron County when she was hit from behind by a truck driven by a 42-year-old man from Rice Lake near 21st Street west of Chetek. The buggy then rolled into the ditch. The woman was taken to Mayo Hospital in Barron with non-life threatening injuries as a result of the crash.
September 7, 2021
An unlicensed motorcyclist struck and injured a Pennsylvania State Police trooper who was directing traffic at the scene of a Tuesday morning horse-and-buggy crash, state police said.
Troopers were at 5th Street and Little Elk Creek Road in East Nottingham Township, Chester County, after a vehicle and horse-and-buggy crashed at about 6:19 a.m.
August 31, 2021
RUSHVILLE, ONTARIO – The Ontario County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help from the public to gather more information about a crash involving a pickup truck and a horse and buggy, Wednesday, Aug. 25.
The department has called the event a hit and run personal injury accident after the driver of the vehicle “fled from the scene.” Anyone with information regarding the vehicle involved or who witnessed the accident is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at 585-394-4560.
August 20, 2021
JUNCTION CITY, WI – Four people, including the driver of a Amish buggy, were injured Monday afternoon in a crash near Junction City.
Portage County Sheriff Mike Lukas said the buggy was headed west on County Highway P in the town of Carson when it was rear-ended by an SUV. There were seven people in the buggy– the operator, a 34-year-old woman, and six passengers ranging in age from 11-months to 13-years.
August 27, 2021
Bellville, OH — An Amish woman died after a semi truck collided with a family’s buggy on State Route 314 on Thursday morning, August 19.
Esther R. Wengerd, 52, of Bellville, was in the buggy driven by her husband Enos Wengerd, 54, and two children when a semi-tractor truck driven by Gary Pettet, 55, of Newark was passing in the intersection.
August 26, 2021
GORHAM – In the latest of what has become a repeating series of area road crashes of vehicles striking horse-drawn buggies, Ontario County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating a hit & run crash Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 25 that left two passengers of a buggy injured and forced the euthanasia of the horse.
August 20, 2021
ALEXANDRIA BAY, NY – An Amish woman is in critical condition at a Syracuse hospital following a crash Thursday night in the town of Alexandria between the buggy she was in and a pickup truck.
State police say the buggy was turning onto State Route 12 from the Big M supermarket around 8:20 p.m. when it failed to yield the right of way and was hit by the northbound pickup.
August 11, 2021
SANDY LAKE TOWNSHIP, OH – Emergency crews are on the scene of a crash in Mercer County involving a horse-drawn buggy and a car.
The accident happened just before 2:30 p.m. Wednesday on Stoneboro Lateral Road, near Sandy Lake Greenville Road.
August 4, 2021
STEUBEN, NY — A 70-year-old Oneida County man lost control of his vehicle Wednesday night after swerving to avoid a horse and buggy, sheriff’s deputies said.
Deputies responded to the single-vehicle crash at about 7:15 p.m. on Fraser Road in the town of Steuben, according to a news release issued by the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office.
August 2, 2021
TROUTVILLE, PA — State police in DuBois investigated a horse and buggy/SUV accident which occurred at 8:51 p.m. on July 25 on Route 410 (Main Street) in Troutville Borough, Clearfield County.
The police said the crash occurred as a horse and buggy, operated by Harvey D. Byler, 49, Punxsutawney, was traveling west on Main Street at First Street and a marked PSP 2017 Ford Explorer, driven by Zackary K. Beers, 31, DuBois, was traveling east on Main Street just before First Street.
July 30, 2021
WATERLOO, ONTARIO – For the second morning in three days, Waterloo Regional Police are investigating a serious crash in the Elmira area of Woolwich Township.
Police announced on Twitter on Friday morning that a collision between a transport truck and sent several people to hospital.
July 28, 2021
KITCHENER, CANADA – A motorcyclist has died following a collision with a horse and buggy in Woolwich Township on Wednesday.
Waterloo regional police say the incident happened around 9:45 a.m. Wednesday morning on Church Street North in Elmira.
July 27, 2021
YATES COUNTY – Following the Wednesday, July 21, crash that saw a vehicle rear-end a horse-drawn buggy on Route 14A, Yates County Sheriff Ron Spike said he has discussed the case with the district attorney for consideration of criminal negligence assault by a vehicle.
As it stands, the driver of the vehicle, William Valentin, 55, of Geneva, has already been charged with following too closely and failure to exercise due care when approaching a horse.
“I hesitate to even call it an accident,” said Spike. “It is a crash… We are working on the presentation for the grand jury to consider criminal charges.”
July 24, 2021
BENTON, NY — The cell phone of the Geneva man whose car slammed into a horse-drawn buggy earlier this week, injuring two well-known Mennonites, is being looked at as part of a police investigation that could lead to criminal charges.
Sheriff Ron Spike said the driver, William Valentin, 55, has been issued traffic tickets for failing to exercise due care in approaching a horse and following too closely.
July 24, 2021
ELKHART COUNTY, IN – Five people in a horse-drawn buggy were flown to a hospital in Fort Wayne after a car rear ended the carriage, according to the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office.
The crash took place just after 10:45 pm on Friday on SR 12, south of US 6.
July 24, 2021
CLYMER, NY – An 18-year-old Clymer resident who Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputies say was intoxicated while in control of an Amish buggy that crashed Thursday is facing charges.
Deputies along with Clymer firefighters were alerted to the accident around 6:15 p.m. at the intersection of Raspas Hill Road and Railroad Street in the town of Clymer. An investigation found that the 18-year-old was in “control of a horse and buggy while intoxicated, which resulted in the accident,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
July 22, 2021
GEAUGA COUNTY, OH — Geauga County Sheriff Scott Hildenbrand tells 3News that a crash involving an Amish buggy with children inside has closed Madison Rd. and Nauvoo Rd. in Middlefield Township. The crash happened just before 1 p.m. Thursday.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol tells 3News that two eleven-year-old boys were flown to Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital. One of the boys was seriously injured, the other suffered minor injuries. A 30-year-old woman was taken to University Hospitals.
July 22, 2021
MIDDLEFIELD, OH — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a crash involving several vehicles, along with a horse and buggy.
At just before 1 p.m. Thursday, a call came in for the accident on Nauvoo Road and SR 528 in Middlefield.
According to the highway patrol, three vehicles, and the horse and buggy were involved. Details on how the crash happened were not immediately available.
July 20, 2021
CRUMP, TN – The driver and a 17-year-old passenger in a horse drawn buggy were injured when it collided with a motor vehicle Monday, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said this morning.
The THP preliminary report about the 9:14 a.m. crash says Noah Gingerich, 54, of Stantonville, Tennessee, was driving the buggy east on U.S. 64 in Crump. An eastbound 2015 Dodge Journey sport utility vehicle driven by Amanda Jones, 39, of Milan, Tennessee, collided with the rear of the buggy and the buggy fell on its side.
July 18, 2021
ALEXANDRIA BAY, N.Y. — A young boy was injured in Jefferson County on Tuesday after a crash involving an Amish buggy and a pickup truck.
According to New York State Police, an Amish buggy operated by Abraham S. Gingerich, 19, from LaFargeville was traveling west on County Route 181 in the town of Orleans, when it began a left turn and was struck by a pickup truck.
July 13, 2021
TOWN OF ORLEANS, NY — An 8-year-old boy was ejected from an Amish buggy during a crash involving a pickup truck Monday morning.
State Police responded to the accident on County Route 181 in the town of Orleans around 9:11 a.m.
The buggy, operated by 19-year-old Abraham S. Gingerich, was traveling west and made a left-hand turn without yielding to an oncoming pickup truck.
July 12, 2021
LAFARGEVILLE, NY – Emergency crews responded to reports of an accident involving an Amish buggy in the town of Orleans Monday morning.
It happened just after 9 a.m. near the intersection of county routes 181 and 5, just outside LaFargeville village limits.
July 10, 2021
A Spartansburg-area woman will serve jail time, house arrest and probation for fleeing a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a young Amish couple and their two small children last year.
Lindsay Nicole Raines received a total 36-month restrictive probationary sentence Friday from Crawford Court of Common Pleas Judge Mark Stevens for two counts of accidents involving death or personal injury.
July 8, 2021
A horse drawn buggy with three occupants which overturned in Crump on Wednesday collided with a vehicle, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said.
Shelia Treece, 76, of Stantonville, Tennessee, was driving a 2007 Toyota Highlander west on U.S. 64 which collided with the buggy, which was also westbound on the highway, according to the THP.
July 5, 2021
EAST EARL TOWNSHIP, PA – Police in northern Lancaster County say they arrested a man for DUI early Monday morning after he hit a horse and cart and took off.
Phillip Sullivan, 18, of York County, was driving eastbound when he struck the cart from behind around 2:45 a.m. in the 5700 block of Division Highway, according to East Earl Township police.
July 2, 2021
RICHMOND, NY – A younger lady was killed and a man was injured when a pickup truck slammed into an Amish buggy in upstate New York, police mentioned.
Susan Swartzentruber, 22, was pronounced lifeless on the scene in the Oswego County city of Richmond when she was thrown from the buggy shortly after 5:30 p.m. Sunday, New York State Police mentioned in a press launch.
July 2, 2021
PRESTON, MN – The 15-year-old driver of an Amish buggy was killed Tuesday night after the Harmony teen’s buggy was hit by a vehicle, the Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday morning.
Deputies were called about 8:25 p.m. Tuesday to a crash on Fillmore County Road 12, just east of its intersection with U.S. Highway 52. The initial investigation indicates that a pickup driven by a 39-year-old Hastings man was westbound on County Road 12 when it struck the rear of an Amish buggy traveling in the same direction.
June 28, 2021
GRAVES COUNTY, KY – Emergency crews rushed to a crash involving an Amish buggy and a vehicle in Graves County on Monday morning, June 28.
It happened around 6:40 a.m. in the 3900 block of U.S. Highway 45 South near Pritchett Road.
June 14, 2021
YATES COUNTY, NY – A car vs. horse & buggy accident occurred at 4:09 p.m. Sunday, June 13 on Rte. 364 near Voak Road. Yates County Deputies, Penn Yan Ambulance Corps, Potter Fire Dept., Middlesex Ambulance, Medic 55, and Emergency Management responded.
Deputies report the vehicle driven by Robert A. Clark, 55, of Hollister St., Dundee, struck the buggy from behind while both were traveling west.
June 5, 2021
WADSWORTH, OH – A 33-year-old man died Friday night when a westbound car on state Route 226 in Wayne County hit him as he walked behind two horses pulling farm equipment.
The accident took place in rural Clinton Township, about 30 miles southwest of Wadsworth in Wayne County.
According to Ohio State Highway Patrol reports, a 42-year-old woman from Millersburg in Holmes County failed to maintain a safe distance and struck the man with her 2008 Acura.
May 28, 2021
MEDINA COUNTY, OH — Authorities say a juvenile who was operating an Amish buggy has died following a crash Thursday morning in Medina County’s Homer Township.
The incident happened at 7:13 a.m. on Route 301 near U.S. 224. Authorities say a 2013 Ford F-150 was northbound on Route 301 “when it struck the Amish horse and buggy in the rear.”
May 27, 2021
LACKAWANNOCK TWP, PA – Crews were called to the scene of a crash involving a minivan and a buggy.
It happened at West Middlesex Road and Orchard Road in Lackawannock Township shortly after 7 a.m. Thursday.
May 27, 2021
WARREN, PA — A Warren County man alleged to have to have struck an Amish buggy with his van — injuring the driver and killing the horse — was held for court as a result of a Wednesday preliminary hearing.
Gary L. O’Donnell, 67, of Sugar Grove was charged by Warren-based Pennsylvania State Police in late March from the incident that occurred on Feb. 19.
May 21, 2021
PARKMAN TOWNSHIP, OH — A 52-year-old man was killed in a three-vehicle crash that occurred in Geauga County Friday, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Troopers said a 2011 Hyundai Sonata was traveling west on US 422 near state Route 282 in Parkman Township when it came upon a horse drawn buggy also traveling west on US 422.
May 18, 2021
PLATTEVILLE, WI — Grant County authorities on Monday released information on a crash Thursday between a vehicle and a buggy in which two people were injured.
Henry Allgeyer, 61, and Arie Allgeyer, 60, both of Platteville, suffered minor injuries in the crash, according to the Grant County Sheriff’s Department.
May 14, 2021
BERNE, IN – A 4-year-old Amish girl died Friday after she was hit by a vehicle while walking to a wedding reception.
Shortly after noon, troopers from the Indiana State Police Fort Wayne Post, officers from the Adams County Sheriff’s Department, Adams County EMS and Berne Fire Department personnel, responded to a 911 call reporting a vehicle crash on U.S. 27 in southern Adams County where a girl was unresponsive.
May 14, 2021
GEAUGA COUNTY, OH – Multiple people were transported to a local trauma center after a car crashed into an Amish buggy Thursday evening.
The accident happened around 9:45 p.m. on Old State Road in Parkman Township.
Firefighters said the car was heavily damaged and the buggy was destroyed.
May 12, 2021
BRANCH COUNTY, MI — A driver charged in a fatal Amish carriage crash in Branch County pleaded no contest to one count of operating while intoxicated causing death Tuesday.
Branch County Prosecuting Attorney Zachary W. Stempien said Tyler Frye made the plea to the 15-year felony May 11, 2021.
May 7, 2021
BENTON, N.Y. – A Bath woman was ticketed after a horse and buggy accident early Thursday morning in Yates County that killed one horse.
According to the Yates County Sheriff’s Office, Melissa Carney was driving eastbound on SR 54 in the Town of Benton when she struck a horse and buggy traveling in the same direction.
May 7, 2021
CRAWFORD COUNTY, PA – A Spartansburg-area woman has admitted in court to causing a hit-and-run crash last summer that seriously injured a young Amish couple and their two small children.
Lindsay Nicole Raines pleaded guilty Thursday before Judge Mark Stevens in Crawford County Court of Common Pleas to two counts of accidents involving death or personal injury filed by Pennsylvania State Police in connection with the July 5 crash. Raines, 35, of 42192 Canadohta Lake Road, now faces up to 12 years in jail when she is sentenced later this year by Stevens.
May 2, 2021
GOSHEN, IN — A 2-mile section of C.R. 38 is being reconstructed to separate Amish buggy traffic from vehicles.
The work is occurring between C.R. 35 and C.R. 31.
“This is a heavily traveled section of road and it’s due for these improvements — including the introduction of buggy lanes on either side of the road for the first time” said Charlie McKenzie, engineer and head of the Elkhart County Highway Department.
April 27, 2021
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA – Two passengers of a horse and buggy were injured in a Thursday afternoon wreck on Route 40 in Pittsylvania County, according to a report filed by Virginia State Police.
A 2002 Ford ZX2 driven by 70-year-old Johney M. Hogan of Java was traveling east on Route 40, four tenths of a mile west of Route 667, at 1:20 p.m., when it struck a horse and buggy in the rear, the report states.
April 14, 2021
HUNTINGTON TWP., OH — A driver was cited with an assured clear distance ahead violation in Huntington Township after his Chevrolet Silverado pickup hit an Amish buggy, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
April 11, 2021
CADIZ, KY – A wreck on South Road near Roaring Springs Road in Trigg County sent four juveniles to the hospital Sunday afternoon.
Trigg County Sheriff’s deputies say a car driven by Tyler Lewis was northbound when he topped a hill and hit a horse and buggy in front of him.
April 6, 2021
HAMPTON, NH — Three members of the Amish community were transported to Glens Falls Hospital after their horse and buggies were struck by an SUV on Tuesday evening in Hampton.
The accident occurred at around 5:50 p.m. on State Route 4 near Golf Course Road.
March 31, 2021
EATON COUNTY, MI – An aged man accused of plowing his SUV right into a horse-drawn buggy that killed three Amish kids in Michigan final yr won’t be charged, prosecutors mentioned Wednesday.
Ronald Ramsey, 84, won’t be going to jail due to his age, the circumstances surrounding the pandemic and the actual fact that he doesn’t have a legal document, Eaton County prosecutors mentioned.
March 30, 2021
SUGAR GROVE, PA — A Sugar Grove man has been charged with aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence in connection with a February incident where he allegedly rear-ended an Amish buggy on Jackson Run Road near Dollar General in Sugar Grove.
March 29, 2021
ORCHARD, NE – A woman was flown to the University of Nebraska Medical Center last week following a pickup and horse-drawn buggy crash in northeast Nebraska.
The crash happened on U.S. Highway 20 two miles west of Orchard in Antelope County, east of O’Neill.
March 25, 2021
MAXATAWNY TWP, PA — A woman was injured in a crash involving her horse-and-buggy and a tractor-trailer on Route 222 in Berks County.
Both the buggy and the truck were traveling north on Route 222 near Long Lane in Maxatawny Township, north of Kutztown, when the crash happened around 12:30 p.m. Thursday.
March 23, 2021
BARRON COUNTY DISTRICT, WI – An intoxicated pickup truck driver crashed into a horse-drawn Amish buggy in western Wisconsin and killed one of two teenage brothers, according to charges.
Anthony R. Anderson, 40, was charged in Barron County District Court with homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and related counts in connection with the crash on Feb. 18 near Rice Lake that killed a 17-year-old Levi Miller. His 16-year-old brother, Joseph Miller, was less seriously injured.
March 21, 2021
SCHUYLER COUNTY, MO — Four people are recovering after a vehicle collided with a horse-drawn buggy in northeast Missouri.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened at 7:45 a.m. Sunday, on Route K, just west of Greentop.
March 13, 2021
ASHLAND COUNTY, OH — A 43-year-old Ashland man was taken to the hospital Saturday afternoon with serious injuries after the horse-drawn buggy he was driving was struck by a Ford Fusion.
Authorities with the Ashland Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol say the incident happened around 6:10 p.m. on Route 96 near Township Road. When troopers responded to the scene, they reported finding a 2014 Fusion and the buggy off the south side of the roadway.
March 8, 2021
MIFFLIN COUNTY, PA — Four people were injured during a crash in Mifflin County that involved two motor vehicles and a horse and buggy.
The crash happened Sunday night on Route 655 in Menno Township. Two individuals were life-flighted due to the severity of their injuries. Two others were assessed for complaints of injury with Geisinger Lewistown Hospital and EMS at the scene.
March 3, 2021
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA — The condition of two children “severely injured” in a horse-and-buggy crash Wednesday morning remained unknown Wednesday afternoon, according to Trooper Megan Ammerman, public information officer for Pennsylvania Highway Patrol Troop F.
February 26, 2021
BARRON COUNTY, WI – One of two teens hurt after a recent crash involving a horse-and-buggy has died. This happened last Thursday in Barron County on County Highway M near 30th Avenue.
In a statement, Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald says a 17-year-old injured in the crash died Thursday night. A 16-year-old, also in the buggy, suffered minor injuries.
February 23, 2021
GOUVERNEUR, NY – A Northern New York man was killed Sunday when an SUV hit his horse-drawn buggy.
New York State Police say Levi Swartzentruber, 23, and Mose Swartzentruber, 20, both of Antwerp, were riding in their Amish buggy at about 5:15 a.m. in Gouverneur. That’s when investigators say James Shuster, 36, of Brushton, hit the buggy with his Ford Expedition.
February 8, 2021
BERLIN, OH – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is working to locate the driver it says was involved in a hit-and-run crash.
The highway patrol said its Wooster Post is looking into the crash that happened on Feb. 6 at 8:34 a.m. on Somerset Drive (Township Road 359) near US 62.
According to a press release, a horse and buggy was traveling on Somerset Drive and was struck from behind by a newer gray Subaru Impreza. The highway patrol said the Subaru continued on Township Road 359 and onto US 62 in Berlin.
February 4, 2021
LOGAN COUNTY, KY – A teen was arrested on multiple charges Saturday after authorities say he fled the scene after hitting a horse and buggy.
According to the Logan County Sheriff’s Office, a horse and buggy was traveling north near the Chandlers Road area around 2 p.m. on Saturday.
February 3, 2021
HIGHLAND COUNTY, OH – The driver of a horse-drawn buggy is dead in a Highland County crash that remains under investigation, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
It happened just after noon Tuesday on U.S. 62 South in New Market Township.
A southbound 2006 Chevrolet Impala driven by Corey Gardner, 18, of West Union, struck the buggy from behind, state troopers said in a news release.
January 31, 2021
ADAMS COUNTY, IN – Two children traveling in a horse drawn buggy collided with a pick-up truck after failing to realize its proximity on the road in Adams County on Friday afternoon.
Police say the individual manning the buggy, a fifteen-year-old boy, left a private drive with the intention of traveling northbound on CR 000. He was with another child, age 12.
January 25, 2021
ERIE, PA — A 16-year-old is dead after a van crashed into the back of his Amish buggy over the weekend.
The crash happened on U.S. Route 322 around 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
According to Ohio State Patrol, a van struck an Amish buggy that was traveling east on the shoulder of the highway.
January 24, 2021
ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, MI — A woman has been killed and her husband and five children hurt after the horse pulling their buggy veered in front of a pickup truck in southern Michigan.
Barbara Jo Schwartz, 39, died at an Indiana hospital following the 8:50 a.m. Friday crash in Algansee Township, according to Branch County sheriff’s deputies.
2020 Buggy Accidents
December 23, 2020
MARION, MI — Gideon Gingerich said he likes his horse a lot and the gelding isn’t going anywhere.
But Lasso, a 12-year-old chestnut standardbred, had an “unruly” moment Tuesday afternoon, and now Gingrich’s buggy is busted up.
December 20, 2020
UFFOLK, VA — Police are investigating a crash involving a horse and buggy on Kings Highway and Nansemond Parkway.
A horse, attached to the buggy, was frightened by fireworks and ran into the road around 7:30 Saturday, according to Suffolk Police. Then, a vehicle ran into the carriage.
December 16, 2020
LONG LAKE, WI– Four youths were injured when an allegedly drunk driver rear-ended their horse-drawn Amish buggy on December 7. The driver has been charged with four felony counts of causing injury while intoxicated.
The collision occurred at 3:33 p.m. on Cty. Hwy. M, 893 feet north of north of Church Road in the town of Long Lake. According to the accident report, the buggy and a pickup driven by Robert C. Dulian, 67, of Sarona, were northbound on Hwy. M when the truck struck the buggy from behind, sending the truck into the ditch and the split apart buggy to the shoulder. One of the children fell onto the road and four others along the shoulder and ditch line.
December 14, 2020
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA – Four people were killed and four were injured in a crash involving a horse and buggy and a dump truck in eastern Lancaster County on Monday morning.
Fox43 is reporting the crash occurred around 7:50 a.m. at Little Britain and Black roads in Little Britain Township.
December 10, 2020
WASHBURN COUNTY, WI – A man was arrested Monday afternoon for driving drunk and rear-ending a horse and buggy injuring five children in Washburn County.
According to the Washburn County Sheriff’s Office, the accident happened around 3:36 p.m. Monday on County Highway M near Church Road.
December 3, 2020
JEFFERSON, MAINE, ME — A horse pulling an Amish buggy was killed Wednesday night in a crash on Route 17 in Jefferson.
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Brandan Kane says a pickup truck was headed east on the highway just after 5 p.m., near the junction with Route 32.
December 2, 2020
CHARLOTTE, MI — Prosecutors will not be filing charges against an 83-year-old Vermontville man who struck and killed three Amish children riding home from school in a horse-drawn buggy.
The man was driving west on Vermontville Highway near Ainger Road in September 2019 in Chester Township, between Vermontville and Charlotte, when he struck the buggy from behind, according to a press release from the Eaton County Prosecutor’s Office. The State Journal is not naming the man because he has not been charged with a crime.
November 12, 2020
WILMINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA — State police have cited the 91-year-old driver of a truck after allegedly leaving the scene of an accident involving an Amish horse and buggy on Tuesday.
The crash happened around 4:30 p.m. along State Highway 158 near Melody Lane in Wilmington Township.
November 12, 2020
GEORGETOWN, NY – An Amish teenager was thrown from his horse-drawn buggy and killed when an SUV crashed into the vehicle in upstate New York, police said.
Rudy Hershberger, 17, was behind the reins heading south on Route 26 in the Madison County town of Georgetown around 5:15 p.m. Wednesday when a 2015 Chevrolet Equinox crashed into the back of his buggy, state police said.
November 10, 2020
TITUSVILLE, PA — A Spartansburg woman has been charged for a Sparta Township hit-and-run crash with a horse-drawn Amish buggy that seriously injured a young couple and their two children.
Lindsay Nicole Raines, 35, was arraigned Monday morning before Magisterial District Judge Amy Nicols in Titusville on multiple counts including four felony charges filed by Pennsylvania State Police.
November 2, 20202
WILMINGTON TWP., PA – The drivers and passengers in a collision involving a horse-drawn buggy in Wilmington Township were not injured, but the horse was hurt.
The accident happened about 8:35 p.m. Sunday on State Highway 208 near Old Mercer Road.
October 28, 2020
BELLEVILLE, PA – Details have been released after an investigation into the crash involving a truck and horse and buggy on Route 655 between Belleville and Allensville Sunday night.
According to a report from Pennsylvania State Police Lewistown, at approximately 8:35 p.m., a Ford truck and a horse and buggy, were traveling North Route 655. Due to the dark and rainy conditions, the operator of the truck, Damien J. Robinson, 23, of Reedsville and a 17 year old female from Mill Creek were traveling at an excessive rate of speed and did not see the horse and buggy on the road.
September 11, 2020
LA CROSSE, WI – An 18-year-old Amish man was taken by ambulance to Gundersen Health Systems of La Crosse with life-threatening injuries from an accident Thursday afternoon.
The incident happened on State Hwy. 27, north of Traastad Road in the town of Franklin around 1:19 p.m. Sept. 10, according to the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office.
September 1, 2020
QUARRYVILLE, PA — A crash involving a pickup truck and a horse and buggy claimed the life of an Amish teenager and seriously injured three other people in Pennsylvania over the weekend, authorities said.
State police in Lancaster County said the crash happened during rainy weather on Route 372 east of Quarryville in Eden Township just after 7:30 p.m. Saturday, LNP newspaper reported.
August 31, 2020
EDEN TOWNSHIP, PA — A teenager has died following a crash involving a horse and buggy on Saturday, according to the Lancaster County Coroner.
The crash happened in the 900 block of Valley Road in Eden Township around 7:30 p.m.
August 31, 2020
GOSHEN, IN – Five people were injured in a truck-buggy crash near Millersburg Sunday night.
The buggy, driven by Michael Miller, Millersburg, rolled through a stop sign and was struck by a pickup truck driven by Jeremy Hire, Ligonier at East County Line Road and C.R. 800 South around 9:05 p.m., Elkhart County police said in a news release.
August 18, 2020
RENO TWP, MI – Troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) West Branch Post are investigating a serious traffic crash involving a vehicle and a horse-drawn buggy.
Police were dispatched at approximately 5:55 p.m. on Sunday to M-65, between Anderson and Old State roads in Reno Township, for a personal injury crash.
August 17, 2020
GREENWICH TOWNSHIP, OH – Four people were injured Sunday night when a car slammed into the rear of a horse-drawn buggy on U.S. 250, just north of the Ashland County line in Greenwich Township.
The Norwalk Post of the State High Patrol reported the hit-skip accident occurred at 9:48 p.m. Troopers said a 2000 Toyota Camry was southbound on U.S. 250, near mile post 19. It struck the rear of the horse-drawn buggy, which was carrying four people.
August 17, 2020
TAWAS CITY, MI – Five people were hospitalized after the horse-drawn buggy they were in was involved in a rear-end collision over the weekend in Iosco County.
Troopers from the Michigan State Police West Branch post were dispatched shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16 to the area of M-65 between Anderson Road and Old State Road in Reno Township, west of Tawas City.
August 9, 2020
PENN YAN, NY – Seven New York family members, including four who were flown to a hospital, were injured Sunday evening when the horse-drawn buggy there were riding in was crashed into by a vehicle, police said.
Mathew Sensenig, 33, his wife and two children were flown to a hospital, while there other children were taken there by an ambulance, the Yates County Sheriff’s Office said.
July 31, 2020
QUINCY TOWNSHIP, MI – A 13-year-old boy who was driving an Amish buggy was flown to a Kalamazoo hospital with serious injuries on Friday morning after the buggy was struck by a car in Quincy Township.
The Branch County Sheriff’s Department reports the crash took place on Briggs Road south of Jonesville Road at about 6:00 a.m..
July 29, 2020
NEW YORK – Some people may still think you can only be charged with drunk driving if you’re behind the wheel of a motor vehicle or boat. A horse-drawn carriage might not be the first thing you think of when you hear about a case like this, but that’s exactly what happened early Sunday, according to police.
The Daily News says the crash happened near the New York-Pennsylvania border, when the 18 year-old Amish driver lost control, causing the carriage’s occupants to be thrown on to the street. Chautauqua Today reports that the entire buggy ended tipping over, causing injuries to the horse.
July 24, 2020
GRATIOT TOWNSHIP, WI — A man died and a child was seriously injured after they were thrown from a buggy Thursday night during a crash in Lafayette County.
Deputies said the buggy was rear-ended by a pickup truck. The driver of the truck has been arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, according to a release from the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office.
July 16, 2020
AKRON, OH – The youngest child involved in Wednesday’s Amish cart crash has died.
Seven-year-old Eli Troyer Jr. of Shreve died just before 4 a.m. Thursday in Akron Children’s Hospital, according to the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The child was one of four kids traveling in a cart being pulled by a pony on Wednesday. The children were thrown from the cart when it collided with a pickup as the cart pulled from a private lane onto the westbound lane of County Road 329.
July 8, 2020
ARTHUR, IL — An Arcola man has died following a horse-drawn buggy crash in Douglas County.
According to Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup, 82-year-old Jerry Otto died at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana on Tuesday, July 7, from his injuries sustained in the crash.
July 7, 2020
CANADOHTA LAKE, PA – A newborn baby, 1-year-old child and two adults are in serious condition following a hit-and-run crash involving an Amish buggy in Sparta Township, Crawford County, state police said.
The crash occurred around 7:30 p.m. Sunday along Canadohta Lake Road near Route 89.
July 6, 2020
ERIE, PA – Four occupants of a horse-drawn Amish buggy were were injured after a hit and run crash involving the buggy and an SUV in Crawford County Sunday. This leaves residents of Spartansburg feeling a bit uneasy. This is one of the many crashes involving horse-drawn carriages that have happened already this year in places such as Altoona, Meadville, and now Sparta Township.
Residents of Spartansburg say their biggest advice to drivers is to slow down when they see a horse-drawn carriage and be especially careful at dusk and dawn, when the sun is the brightest.
June 19, 2020
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, PA — A 10-month-old girl who was critically injured when the horse-drawn Amish buggy she was riding in was struck by a car this week has died from her injuries, state police said.
The crash happened around 4 p.m. Tuesday in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, when authorities say a 56-year-old woman driving uphill rear-ended the slow-moving buggy.
June 9, 2020
ADAMS COUNTY, IN – The Adams County Sheriff’s Office says a woman was killed when a vehicle hit the buggy she was riding in Tuesday morning.
Around 7:45 A.M. investigators say 54-year-old Ida Schwartz, of Rural Monroe was operating the buggy on State Road 124.
Officers say when Schwartz slowed to turn into a driveway, a minivan driven by 34-year-old Zachary Knebel, of Wilshire, Ohio rear-ended the buggy.
June 8, 2020
NEW LIMERICK, ME — The 25-year-old Smyrna man who was killed Wednesday evening when a vehicle struck the Amish horse and buggy he was driving has been identified.
Aroostook County Sheriff Shawn Gillen said Monday that Titus Kauffman died at the scene when the buggy he was driving was struck by 30-year-old Colby Clark of Merrill.
June 8, 2020
NEW LIMERICK, ME — The 25-year-old Smyrna man who was killed Wednesday evening when a vehicle struck the Amish horse and buggy he was driving has been identified.
Aroostook County Sheriff Shawn Gillen said Monday that Titus Kauffman died at the scene when the buggy he was driving was struck by 30-year-old Colby Clark of Merrill.
May 31, 2020
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA — Four people were taken to the hospital Sunday morning after a crash involving a horse and buggy in Bart Township.
At around 7:30 a.m., police were dispatched to the 1400 block of Georgetown road for the crash.
Dispatch says a pickup truck was also involved.
May 26, 2020
LAWRENCEBURG, TN — A mother and her child were airlifted to the hospital following an Amish buggy crash in Lawrence County Monday afternoon.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports the Amish buggy was rear-ended by a pickup truck on the 100 block of Old Military Rd. near Thunderhill Racetrack.
May 16, 2020
CARO, MI — A driver distracted by his cellphone caused a motor vehicle-buggy collision, leaving a horse dead and a woman hospitalized, police said.
About 11 a.m. on Friday, May 15, Tuscola County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the crash site on M-81 near Crawford Road in Elkland Township. Their investigation showed a car and a horse-drawn buggy had both been heading east on M-81.
May 10, 2020
DAUPHIN COUNTY, PA — A horse died after getting hit by a tractor-trailer in East Hanover Township on Friday.
It unfolded shortly after 3 a.m., when the tractor-trailer was driving southbound on Laudermilch Road at the intersection of Colt Drive.
May 2, 2020
OWINGSVILLE, KY — Kentucky authorities say search crews have recovered the body of the last of five Amish children who died when their buggy was swept away in a swollen Kentucky creek.
April 21, 2020
TRIPP, SD – A collision between a truck and an Amish buggy Tuesday night has resulted in minor injuries to all parties, according to authorities.
No fatalities were reported in the incident.
The collision occurred on South Dakota Highway 37, just north of the intersection with U.S. Highway 18 near Tripp, according to the Hutchinson County sheriff’s department.
April 20, 2020
DICKINSON, NY — Seven people escaped with only minor injuries after the horse-drawn buggy in which they were riding was stuck by a minivan Sunday morning.
Roman A. Gingerich, 30, Fannie D. Gingerich, 31, David R. Gingerich, 9, Amos R. Gingerich, 7, Esre R. Gingerich, 6, Mary R. Gingerich, 3, and Clere R. Gingerich, 1, all of Dickinson, were treated by Bangor EMS for minor abrasions and released after their buggy was struck by a minivan driven by Carl E. Monroe, 58, of Norfolk. Mr. Monroe was not injured, troopers said.
April 16, 2020
DRAKESVILLE, IA — Davis County deputies have made an arrest in connection with a hit-and-run accident just outside Drakesville last fall that left an Amish teenager seriously injured.
Last week, authorities charged the driver, Steven Craig Olinger Jr., 44, of Drakesville, with four counts: leaving the scene of an accident; serious injury by vehicle; operating while intoxicated, third offense, and driving while barred.
March 10, 2020
CLAYTON COUNTY, IA – Three people were taken to a hospital after a head-on crash involving a horse and buggy.
It happened on March 8th around 11 p.m.
Crews were called to the collision on Hilton Road, north of Harvest Road.
March 10, 2020
IRWIN TOWNSHIP, PA – A logging truck crashed into an Amish buggy Sunday in Venango County, killing a mother and son who were riding in the horse-drawn vehicle.
The crash took place around 3 p.m. on Sunday when the cars collided on the 2400 block of Clintonville Rd. (State Route 208) in Irwin Township, reported WBKN27.
March 9, 2020
HOPKINSVILLE, KY – Two people were injured following a pickup truck versus horse and buggy accident around 5:45 p.m. Saturday on Butler Road, according to a Christian County Sheriff’s report.
The driver of the pickup truck, Justin Jones, 29, Hopkinsville, told deputies following the accident that he was driving on Butler Road at 50 to 55 mph as the sun was setting, causing a glare.
February 22, 2020
BEAR LAKE, MI – Four Amish children who were driving home from school in a horse-drawn buggy were hit by a person attempting to pass them, officials say.
The children, who range in age from 7 to 13, were traveling west on Nine Mile Road in Manistee County at about 3:30 p.m. and came up to the crest of a hill, said Michigan State Police Trooper David Skorka.
The vehicle had pulled out to pass the buggy when the driver saw another car coming in the east bound lane, he said.
February 21, 2020
MIDLAND, MI – A 30-year-old Alger man was arraigned Thursday in connection with a Feb. 4 Gladwin County crash that left a 20-year-old Amish man injured in a ditch, his buggy destroyed and his horse dead.
Edsel Hill was arraigned in Gladwin County’s 80th District Court and charged with driving revoked, denied causing serious injury and reckless driving causing serious bodily function. He was released on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond. The victim remains hospitalized in MidMichigan Medical Center – Midland.
February 20, 2020
PANAMA, NY – An Amish buggy was struck by another vehicle in Panama, but thankfully, no one, including the horse, was injured.
New York State police say the crash happened sometime on Wednesday.
February 18, 2020
SHENANGO TOWNSHIP, PA – No one was seriously injured in an accident involving a pickup truck and Amish buggy in Shenango Township Monday.
Witnesses at the scene said the truck and buggy were both traveling south along Route 18 at about 4 p.m. when the truck hit the buggy, sending it across the road and on its side. The accident occurred about a mile north of Grange Road, in the southeast corner of the township.
February 14, 2020
SUGAR CREEK TWP., OH – A horse was injured Friday night when an SUV collided with a buggy shortly after 7 p.m. at U.S. Routes 93 and 62.
Brewster Fire Lt. Jeremy Henry said the buggy was traveling north on Route 93 when the SUV pulled onto the roadway from Route 62 colliding with the buggy.
February 13, 2020
FALLSBURY TOWNSHIP – A horse and buggy was involved in a non-injury crash in northern Licking County Thursday morning.
Around 8:52 a.m. Thursday, first responders were called to the area of Pleasant Valley Road Northeast and Rain Road Road Northeast in Fallsbury Township for the report of a crash involving a car, and horse and buggy.
February 9, 2020
RICEVILLE, IA – A man was arrested after his vehicle struck a horse-drawn buggy in Mitchell County Friday Night.
Law enforcement officials say Ronald Mayer, 67, of Riceville, was driving a 1997 Jeep Cherokee southbound on Walnut when he struck the back of a horse-drawn buggy operated by Christian Bontreger, also of Riceville, around 6 p.m.
February 5, 2020
GLADWIN COUNTY, MI – A man could face charges after a horse was found in the roadway.
Gladwin County deputies were called to investigate a report of a dead horse blocking the roadway on South Bard Road around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.
February 5, 2020
VIROQUA, WI – Four people were hurt when a buggy was struck by a vehicle Wednesday morning in Viroqua.
Police Chief Rick Niedfeldt said the collision happened at 6:50 a.m. in the 1300 block of Main Street north of Airport Road.
February 5, 2020
LAWRENCE COUNTY, TN – A tragic crash in Lawrence County leaves a family in need of breast milk.
The Gingerich family of three was traveling on Highway 43 when the Tennessee Highway Patrol says their buggy was struck by a vehicle, Saturday night.
The couple identified as 24-year-old Henry and 23-year-old Caroline Gingerich are still recovering in the hospital in stable condition.
February 4, 2020
NASHVILLE, TN – A man is now charged with driving under the influence and crashing into an Amish buggy in middle Tennessee, sending three members of the same family to the hospital.
Rickey Burleson of Summertown is charged with DUI and three counts of vehicular assault, according to Tennessee Highway Patrol.
January 23, 2020
GEORGETOWN, P.E.I. — A judge sentenced a P.E.I. man to eight months in jail after telling him a “lot of harm’’ was done when he collided with an Amish horse buggy while driving drunk.
Stephen Robert Bradley of Peakes will also be on probation for eight months after serving his sentence.
He is prohibited from operating a motor vehicle for two years and eight months.
January 22, 2020
FRAZEE, MN – A Frazee man was injured in a pickup-buggy collision Jan. 16 on Highway 87.
Samuel C. Schmucker, 22, of Frazee was taken to Essentia St. Mary’s Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the state patrol.
Schmucker was driving a horse-drawn buggy eastward on Highway 87, at County Road 33, when it was rear-ended by a 2017 Ford F350 pickup truck, according to the state patrol.
January 18, 2020
SHIPPENVILLE, PA – Clarion state police are asking for the public’s help in connection with a crash Tuesday in which an Amish man was killed in Shippenville.
Police are asking motorists who may have observed the Amish prior to the crash while traveling east on Route 322 between Fulton Road and Wingard’s Farm Market between 5:20 and 5:35 p.m. to contact them at (814) 226-1710.
January 9, 2020
MECHANICSVILLE, MD – It was determined that that a runaway horse and buggy was unoccupied by a person when it entered the roadway and was struck by a van after entering the lane the van was traveling in. The horse was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is handling the accident.
January 6, 2020
FILLMORE, MN – A 12-year-old Mabel, Minn., boy was fatally injured when the buggy he was riding in was hit by a car at 7:03 p.m. on December 20, 2019. The crash took place at Highway 44 and 401st Avenue in Newburg Township, Fillmore County.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, an Oldsmobile Alero and a horse-drawn buggy were both eastbound on Highway 44. The buggy was making a left turn when the buggy and the Alero collided.
2019 Buggy Accidents
December 29, 2019
LUBBOCK COUNTY, TX – One person suffered minor injuries following a two-vehicle crash southwest of Wolfforth Sunday afternoon.
The accident was reported around 1:45 p.m. near the 11500 block of U.S. Highway 62/82.
December 28, 2019
MAPLE VALLEY TOWNSHIP, MI – Everyone is expected to be OK after a pickup truck crashed into an Amish buggy in Montcalm County.
It happened around 6 p.m. Saturday on North Bailey Road, about a mile from Coral Road in Maple Valley Township.
December 23, 209
BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, VA – A donation jar labeled “Amish Family Accident” sat on the counter of Wise Ridge Country Store in Dillwyn.
Joanne Taji and her son have accepted cash and checks at their store for the Yoder family since Friday’s crash involving a horse-drawn buggy and a truck.
December 23, 209
MARLETTE TWP., MI — A 90-year-old woman struck a horse-drawn buggy on Dec. 16 and continued home after failing to find what caused the damage.
The Marlette Police Dept. reported Michigan State Police in Caro investigated the accident that occurred around 2:35 p.m. on Marlette Road near Boyne Road.
December 23, 2019
MINNESOTA – A 12-year-old boy who was riding in his Amish family’s horse-drawn buggy when it was hit by a car in southeastern Minnesota has died, authorities said Monday.
Joe Mast was taken by ambulance Friday from the crash scene northeast of Prosper to Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, Wis., where he died, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
December 21, 2019
NEWBURG TOWNSHIP, MN – Menno Mast was injured on Friday, December 20th in Newburg Township when the horse and buggy he was driving was struck by a car.
Mast, 56, was traveling eastbound on Highway 44 when it was hit by an Oldsmobile Alero driven by 42-year-old Brian Schwingle. Mast was transported to Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in Lacrosse, Wisconsin for treatment of his injuries.
December 18, 2019
MARLETTE TOWNSHIP, MI – A 90-year-old Marlette woman who police say crashed into an Amish buggy Monday in Marlette Township told troopers she didn’t know what caused the collision.
At approximately 2:35 p.m. Monday, a Ford Fusion crashed into the buggy on Marlette Road, just east of Boyne Road, in Marlette Township, according to a press release from the Michigan State Police Caro Post.
December 13, 2019
FRANKLIN, KY – On Thursday, a passenger in a buggy, as well as a horse, were injured following a crash with a car.
Early in the morning on December 12, Franklin Police say they responded to a vehicle versus horse and carriage injury collision.
December 13, 2019
ENGADINE, MI – A horse died in a recent vehicle-buggy highway crash after the horse became spooked and galloped into traffic M-117 in the Upper Peninsula.
The horse was pulling an Amish buggy on a road off M-117 when it was spooked and the driver was thrown from the cart, Newberry News reports. The horse then galloped onto M-117 and ran along the highway for more than a mile before the crash occurred after dark last month.
December 9, 2019
EPHRATA, PA – Ephrata police are investigating a hit-and-run crash involving a car striking a horse-drawn buggy.
The crash occurred on Parkview Heights Road near Bethany Road on Sunday around 12:25 p.m.
Police say the suspect vehicle is believed to be a 2008 or 2009 Chevrolet Malibu.
December 2, 2019
ROSSITER, PA – An Amish teenager in Pennsylvania is being charged with driving his buggy drunk.
State troopers spotted the buggy pretty easily after two people were seen riding on top of it.
December 2, 2019
BELMONT, WI – A Darlington woman was arrested after she allegedly crashed into an Amish buggy Sunday night in the town of Belmont.
According to the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office, 56-year-old Jeanne M. Halvorson was driving southbound on State Highway 126 when she hit the Amish buggy and failed to stop around 6:15 p.m.
November 30, 2019
LONDON, ONTARIO – Grey-Bruce OPP say one person was hurt and a horse had to be put down after a collision involving a school bus and a horse-drawn buggy.
Emergency crews responded to the scene on Concession 12 between Side Road 5 and Side Road 6 in Chatsworth around 9:15 a.m. Friday.
November 26, 2019
ROCKVILLE, IN – Parke County sheriff’s deputies have completed their investigation into a crash involving a van and Amish buggy Nov. 2 on U.S. 36 east of Raccoon Lake Bridge that claimed the life of a mother and her 2-year-old son.
Van driver Steven Miller Ealy, 66, of Danville, Indiana, has been cited for failure to yield right of way resulting in a crash, Sheriff Justin Cole said in a news release.
November 26, 2019
ROCKVILLE, IN – Authorities issued a failure to yield citation to the driver who crashed into the back of an Amish buggy earlier this month, killing two.
The crashed occurred around 9:44 a.m. Nov. 2 on U.S. 36 near Raccoon Lake Bridge when a van driven by Steven Miller Ealy, 66, of Danville, Indiana struck the rear end of an Amish buggy carrying a family of four.
November 26, 2019
ALLEN COUNTY, IN – The Allen County coroner’s office Monday identified the victim of a Sunday afternoon crash involving a horse-drawn buggy and a vehicle in the 26000 block of Indiana 37 near the Ohio state line.
Suzanna Schmucker, 43, of St. Joe, was a passenger in the buggy that was struck by a vehicle shortly before 5 p.m., the coroner’s office said after an autopsy.
November 23, 2019
TITUSVILLE, PA – A woman, a man and a toddler were taken to Titusville Area Hospital Friday after a crash involving a horse and buggy.
Pennsylvania State Police say happened about 7 Friday morning on State Route 89 in Rome Township, Crawford County.
November 6, 2019
EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP, PA – A man faces charges in connection with a hit-and-run crash that injured five Amish teenagers thrown from a horse-drawn carriage.
Owen Campbell, 52, is charged with accidents involving death or personal injury and careless driving, according to court documents. The crash happened in August in East Lampeter Township.
November 2, 2019
PARKE COUNTY, IN – The Parke County Sheriff’s Department is investigating after two people died in a crash involving an Amish buggy and a van.
Authorities say the crash happened on U.S. 36 near the Raccoon Lake bridge just before 9:45 a.m. Saturday.
November 1, 2019
LONDON, ONTARIO – Grey-Bruce OPP say one person was hurt and a horse had to be put down after a collision involving a school bus and a horse-drawn buggy.
Emergency crews responded to the scene on Concession 12 between Side Road 5 and Side Road 6 in Chatsworth around 9:15 a.m. Friday.
October 26, 2019
PERTH, NY – Two men and a horse were injured after a car collided with an Amish buggy on Sacandaga Road Wednesday morning. A third man and the female driver of the car were uninjured.
The driver of a silver sedan was traveling southbound on Sacandaga Road when she veered into the oncoming lane and crashed head-on into the buggy containing the three men. Two of the men were treated for non-life-threatening injuries, while the horse, which was severely injured in the incident, was expected to be euthanized.
October 24, 2019
VIRGINIA – Four young children, ages 7, 3, 2 and a one-month-old newborn, along with their mother were injured in a two-vehicle wreck that occurred at 4:55 p.m. Tuesday on State Route 642 (Liberty Road), one mile north of State Route 641 (Lower Liberty Road).
According to an accident report filed by Virginia State Trooper H. J. Buzzetta, the Amish family of six were travelling along the Nathalie Road in a 2015 model horse-drawn buggy operated by 27-year-old Timothy J. Miller of Nathalie when a 2013 Ford Fusion driven by 23-year-old Shelley A. Hughes of Nathalie struck the buggy in its rear causing it to run into a ditch and overturn ejecting the six family members.
October 24, 2019
MEXICO, NY – An Amish mother who was injured when a vehicle struck a buggy from behind last week has died, according to the New York State Police.
Anna Miller, 44, of 1290 county Route 28, Richland, was riding in the buggy with her husband, Andy, 44, around 4:30 p.m. last Thursday when a Ford Fusion hit the back of the buggy on state Route 3 in Mexico, state police said. The impact threw the couple from the buggy, police said.
October 22, 2019
MEXICO, NY – An Amish mother who suffered a critical head injury last week when a car struck her buggy from behind remains in critical condition at a Syracuse hospital, a nursing supervisor said Monday evening.
Anna Miller, 44, of 1290 county Route 28, Richland, was riding in a horse and buggy with her husband, Andy, 44, around 4:30 p.m. Thursday when a Ford Fusion hit the back of the buggy on state Route 3 in Mexico, state police have said.
October 21, 2019
MILES TOWNSHIP, PA — One person was injured and a horse died after a motorcycle vs. buggy crash in Centre County, according to emergency officials.
Officials say a motorcycle crashed into a cart being pulled along East Main Street in Rebersburg Monday.
October 21, 2019
CANTON, NY – State police say there’s been another accident in Upstate New York involving a car and an Amish buggy. The crash occurred last Thursday in Oswego County.
A man from Jefferson County was driving in the town of Mexico when he failed to see a horse-drawn buggy. Bill Twombly, age 40, struck the buggy from behind, causing its two passengers to be ejected.
October 20, 2019
BLACK RIVER FALLS, WI – Two people serious injuries when the buggy they were in was struck by a semi Saturday night in Jackson County.
The Wisconsin State Patrol reports that it happened on US 10 and County T near Fairchild at 10:25 p.m.
October 18, 2019
MEDINA COUNTY, OH – An Amish man from Medina County was seriously injured after a FedEx van slammed into his horse-drawn cart Friday afternoon in West Salem.
The accident occurred around 2:15 p.m. on State Route 301 north, and both the delivery driver and Amish man were taken to Lodi Hospital.
October 18, 2019
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, PA – A mistrial was declared in the case of Cristopher Whitney Cranmer, 39, of Montgomery, who is accused of drunkenly slamming into the back of an Amish buggy and seriously injuring six of its occupants.
The jury was tainted, according to an October 3, 2019, order by Lycoming County President Judge Nancy L. Butts.
October 17, 2019
MEXICO, N.Y. –State Police tell NewsChannel 9 two people were hurt, one critically after a car struck a horse and buggy along State Route 3 in the Town of Mexico, Oswego County Thursday afternoon.
Investigators say the buggy was hit from behind causing both occupants to be eject. The car that struck the buggy then hit a large rock retaining wall and a utility pole before coming to a stop.
October 14, 2019
CLARE, MI – Clare Fire Department was called to the scene of a vehicle and Amish buggy accident on Stevenson Lake Road Sunday evening.
Clare Fire Chief Jim Chapman said the accident occurred around 9:12 p.m. near the intersection of Meridian Road when a vehicle driven by Brayene Benner, 22 of Big Rapids, hit a buggy and destroyed it.
“The family in the buggy was very fortunate,” Chapman said. “They sustained only minor injuries. The buggy had to be hauled away in four pieces. It was a pile of rubble.”
October 9. 2019
MIDDLEFIELD TOWNSHIP, OH – Two people were injured in a buggy crash in Geauga County Wednesday afternoon.
It happened at Kinsman and Hayes road in Middlefield Township.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol said a woman and her 17-year-old daughter were inside the buggy when it was hit by a semi.
October 9, 2019
HOPKINSVILLE, KY — A horse-drawn buggy was hit by a SUV near Hopkinsville Tuesday morning, killing the horse and severely injuring one.
The driver of the SUV said he fell asleep while driving on Pembroke Road, and when he opened his eyes, he was unable to stop in time, according to the Christian County Sheriff’s Office.
October 7, 2019
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, IN – A motorcyclist and a horse were injured in a three vehicle crash Friday afternoon, according to the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to the three vehicle crash at the intersection of CR 1350 N and CR 950 Friday at 3:24 p.m.
October 7, 2019
SUGAR CREEK TOWNSHIP, OH – Three people suffered serious injuries when the horse buggy they were riding in was hit by a minivan in Stark County.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the crash that occurred on Sunday afternoon on U.S. Route 62 near Stoneford Street SW in Sugar Creek Township.
September 27, 2019
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The man who ran into the back of a horse-drawn Amish buggy in a crash that killed three children says the accident haunts him.
Ronald Ramsey, 83, of Vermontville, confirmed that he was behind the wheel of the Chevy Equinox SUV that hit the buggy around 3:20 p.m. Sept. 18 on Vermontville Highway, west of Ainger Road in Chester Township.
September 26, 2019
CANTON, MN – A Lisbon man, Abe Gingreich, 39, was taken to the hospital with a broken neck after the Amish buggy he was operating was struck from behind.
Mr. Gingreich was southbound on Route 68 near the intersection with Basswodd Ridge Road at 8:48 a.m. Sept. 26, when police say he was hit by a 2014 Dodge Dart driven by Amy L. Kelso, 33, Ogdensburg. Ms. Kelso had just crested a hill when the crash occurred, police said.
September 20, 2019
JACKSON COUNTY, OH – Five people were hospitalized following a crash involving a car and a horse and buggy in Jackson County on Thursday.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said it happened around 5:40 p.m. on Highway 10 near McGower Road in the Town of Cleveland.
September 20, 2019
ANGOLA, IN – An Angola, Indiana-man who was driving a vehicle that struck an Amish buggy in June near Coldwater was ordered to stand trial in Branch County.
The preliminary hearing for Tyler Frye, 21, was held on Thursday at the Branch County 3A District Court. The purpose of the hearing was to determine if there was enough evidence to move forward with a trial. District Court Judge Brent Weigle found probable cause, and the case will be bound over on all grounds to the 15th Circuit Court.
September 18, 2019
EATON COUNTY, MI – Three Amish children died on Wednesday after the horse-drawn buggy they were riding in was involved in a fatal crash on a Michigan highway.
Shortly after 3:00 p.m., local authorities responded to a 911 call “reporting a motor vehicle/horse drawn vehicle crash,” according to a news release from the Eaton County Sheriff’s Office.
September 15, 2019
DARLINGTON, WI — Authorities in Lafayette County are looking for the person who rear-ended a horse-drawn buggy early Sunday morning. According to Sheriff Reg Gill, the driver of the buggy was seriously hurt and the horse was killed in the crash.
Sheriff Gill says the crash happened just before 3 a.m. Sunday on the 1700 block of Highway 81. Gill says the buggy was rear-ended as it traveled eastbound on highway 81.
August 27, 2019
MOIRA, NY – According to state police, an Ogdensburg woman was blinded by sunlight when her vehicle crashed into an Amish buggy.
It happened shortly before 8 a.m. Tuesday on Route 11 in Moira in Franklin County.
August 24, 2019
CAMDEN TOWNSHIP, MI — An Amish family of four was airlifted from the scene of a crash on Dimmers Road near Edon Road in Camden Township Saturday afternoon.
Witnesses on scene told The Hillsdale Daily News a silver pickup truck driven by an elderly man struck the horse drawn carriage carrying a family of four including a husband, wife, an infant and a small child. The pickup truck driver was not injured. Authorities have yet to release the identity of anyone involved in the accident or the status of their injuries.
August 22, 2019
ASHLAND, OH – A pick-up truck hit an Amish buggy while traveling northbound on U.S. Route 250 Wednesday afternoon.
The crash occurred at approximately 12:35pm when 29-year old Jonas Miller was struck in the back of his Amish buggy by a Ford F-150.
The driver of the F-150 was 64-year old Floyd Poland. Both men are from Savannah, Ohio. Ashland County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Kinter said, “Jonas was not transported to the Hospital, but Mr. Poland was.”
August 21, 2019
HILLSBORO, WI – A horse was killed Sunday after an Amish buggy and truck collided on Hwy. 82 near Hwy. 33 in the town of Hillsboro.
Cody T. Chaulklin, 27, of Cashton was westbound on Hwy. 82 at about 4 p.m. in a pickup truck towing a trailer with a skid-loader, according to the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office. A nearby Amish horse-and-buggy broke away from a hitching post and was running loose down Hwy. 82. The horse-and-buggy ran into the oncoming lane and was struck by Chaulklin’s trailer.
August 19, 2019
EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP, PA — Police in Pennsylvania are looking for a hit-and-run driver who struck a horse-drawn carriage and kept going.
According to a press release from the East Lampeter Township Police Department, at just after midnight Monday, police were called to the scene of the accident on Lincoln Highway East.
August 16, 2019
JEFFERSON, ME – A Thomaston man is in serious condition after colliding with a horse-drawn carriage while he was riding a motorcycle on Route 32 in Jefferson.
Stephen Grant, 38, was riding westbound on Waldoboro Road, which is Route 32, around 7 p.m. Wednesday when he approached an incline being ascended by a horse and buggy, said Detective Scott Hayden of Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, who came upon the scene.
August 14, 2019
WARREN COUNTY, OH – Another horse and buggy traffic accident occurred in Warren County Wednesday.
Officers responded to a wreck involving a horse and buggy on the off ramp of Angels Bridge heading to Woodbury at approximately 4 p.m. More details will be available in Friday’s Southern Standard.
August 9, 2019
MECOSTA COUNTY, MI – A driver was injured when she swerved to avoid an Amish buggy and crashed, sheriff’s deputies said.
The crash happened about 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, on Pierce Road near 175th Avenue in Mecosta County.
August 9, 2019
RICHLAND CENTER, WI – A semi spooked a horse pulling an Amish buggy causing it to overturn in Richland County Friday morning.
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department Dispatch received a 911 call at 8:52 a.m. today reporting a crash involving a semi and an Amish buggy with injuries.
August 8, 2019
ONTARIO, CANADA – Three children and an adult are in stable condition in hospital but with serious injuries after an 84-year-old driver tried to pass the horse-drawn buggy they were travelling in.
Police determined the driver was careless and have charged him under the Highway Traffic Act. The crash happened Wednesday on Road 92, a two-lane highway in Zorra Township, northwest of Woodstock.
August 8, 2019
WAYNE COUNTY, OH – An Amish buggy was destroyed in a crash Tuesday when it was rear-ended by a man driving a car in Wayne County.
The man was driving a 2016 Subaru Legacy on State Route 42 near the Wayne County and Ashland County border when he collided with the buggy, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
August 7, 2019
Three children and an adult were sent to hospital with serious injuries after a van rear-ended a horse and buggy near Woodstock, police said.
At about 10 a.m. Wednesday, police, Oxford County paramedics and Zorra Township firefighters responded to the collision on Road 92, northwest of Embro, the Oxford OPP said.
August 5, 2019
CARROLL COUNTY, IN – Nine people were taken to a hospital after a vehicle crashed into a horse and buggy in Carroll County.
The buggy was carrying eight passengers. Four were adults and the other four were children. All eight were taken to a Lafayette hospital with only minor injuries. The driver who crashed into the rear of the car was also taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
August 3, 2019
WILMINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA – Police are investigating after an Amish buggy was flipped onto its side.
The crash happened Friday night on Route 18 in Wilmington Township, Lawrence County.
August 3, 2019
CARROLL COUNTY, IN – Eight people—including four children—are recovering after a car crashed into a horse and buggy in Carroll County on Sunday.
Sherriff Tobe Leazenby says the driver, 30-year-old Krystal Mullet, was traveling north on State Road 75 when she dropped something on the floorboard.
August 2, 2019
NEW WILMINGTON, PA – An Amish female suffered head wounds Friday in the aftermath of a collision between a buggy and Dodge pickup around 5:15 p.m. at Route 18 and Heather Heights Road in New Wilmington.
Preliminary scanner reports said the female was bleeding from the head and pressure was being applied to the wound.
July 30, 2019
GREEN LAKE, WI – An Amish buggy with three people on board, including a 10-month-old infant, crashed into a ditch in Green Lake County Sunday, after the horse pulling the buggy was spooked by a truck hauling a camper.
The crash happened at about 3:15 p.m. Sunday on Highway 44 in the town of Manchester, the Sheriff’s Office said.
July 22, 2019
LICKING, MO — Three people were seriously injured Friday evening after a two-vehicle accident near Licking.
A report from the Highway Patrol states the accident happened just after 6 pm on Route AT northwest of Licking, when the southbound pickup truck driven by 60-year-old Ronald Thomas rear-ended a horse-drawn buggy operated by 39-year-old Mattie Nunschwander of Licking.
July 21, 2019
GREEN TOWNSHIP, OH – Two Perrysville residents were killed in a crash early Sunday morning after their 2015 Ford Focus went off the road to the right, struck a guardrail and overturned into a ravine, according to a news release from the Wooster post of the Ohio Highway Patrol.
July 20, 2019
TEXAS COUNTY, MO – A mother and her two children were seriously injured Friday night after a pickup ran into the back of a horse-drawn buggy in northwest Texas County. There’s been multiple accidents in that same area, just in the past two years.
July 18, 2019
WAYNE COUNTY, IN — Two children suffered non-life threatening injuries Thursday afternoon in a crash between a buggy and a car in Wayne County.
According to police, a buggy is believed to have turned in front of a vehicle near Arba Pike and Seany Road before 5:30 p.m.
July 17, 2019
PARKE COUNTY, IN – A wreck involving a pickup truck and an Amish buggy sends one person to the hospital.
It happened Tuesday on U.S. 41 in front of the Parke County Fairgrounds.
July 15, 2019
MOUNT HOPE TOWNSHIP, WI – A horse’s leg was broken when a car crashed into the Amish buggy the animal was pulling, according to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office.
The crash happened round 7 a.m. Sunday, on Highway 18 in Mount Hope Township.
July 11, 2019
ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, MO – A boy was killed and two people were airlifted after a pickup truck crashed into an buggy south of Farmington Thursday.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash occurred on northbound Highway OO south of Highway DD around 6:45 a.m.
July 4, 2019
DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI – Six children were hurt after a buggy crash in Mecosta County Wednesday night.
It happened around 10:10 p.m. on 5 Mile Road near 165th Avenue.
Investigators say a westbound vehicle struck an Amish horse drawn buggy with eight people inside.
July 3, 2019
ASHLAND COUNTY, OH – Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a serious injury crash involving a Ford F-150 and a horse drawn buggy that happened Tuesday around 5:50 p.m.
Troopers responded to US Route 42, just south of Mile Post 19 in Ashland County.
July 3, 2019
PRESTON, OH — A Canton man who allegedly struck an Amish buggy, killing a passenger in August pleaded guilty Tuesday in Fillmore County District Court to criminal vehicular homicide.
Connor Louis Keene, 25, pleaded guilty to three charges — criminal vehicular homicide-operate vehicle with negligence-under influence of alcohol, and two counts of criminal vehicular operation-bodily-harm-under influence of alcohol, according to court records.
July 1, 2019
WEST SALEM, OH – A West Salem man was injured and a horse was killed in a hit-skip buggy crash in Wayne County on Saturday night, according to the Wooster Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The OSHP is seeking information regarding the incident which occurred at approximately 10:23 p.m. on State Route 301 near milepost 1 in Chester Township (Wayne County.) The scene was in the area of Northwestern Middle/High School.
June 28, 2019
PARKMAN, OH – A crash involving an Amish buggy in Geauga County sent several people to the hospital Friday.
Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers said the buggy, carrying eight people, pulled out of the Dollar General parking lot into the path of traffic on Route 422 in Parkman — a four-lane highway.
June 26, 2019
SALEM TWP, PA – Two people were hurt in a chain reaction crash that involved a horse-drawn buggy.
The accident happened about 5:58 p.m. Monday on Methodist Road in Salem Township.
Police say a buggy and another car were stopped side by side when a pickup truck crested the hill but was unable to brake in time. The truck hit the car which then crashed into the buggy.
June 18, 2019
RENO TWP, MI – The Michigan State Police (MSP) issued a citation for careless/negligent action to a pickup truck driver who collided with a horse buggy in Reno Township on June 12.
The incident occurred on M-65, near Carpenter Road, at 3:47 p.m.
June 15, 2019
TOWN OF HOPKINTON, N.Y. – State Police say an Amish buggy was struck by a vehicle Saturday morning in St. Lawrence County.
The crash happened around 2321 State Highway 11B in the town of Hopkinton around 11:30 a.m..
June 12, 2019
An Amish man in Jefferson County got behind the wheel of his neighbor’s car and took a ride to a nearby bar.
That drive, according to ExploreVenango, was not exactly a smooth trip.
Officers with the Punxsutawney Borough Police Department were on patrol at 11:58 a.m. Saturday when they came upon a dark gray Nissan Rogue in a parking lot of a restaurant/bar on West Mahoning Street in the borough.
June 11, 2019
ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, MI — A funeral home has identified three children who died in southern Michigan after the Amish horse-drawn carriage they were riding in was struck by a driver accused of being drunk.
Beams Funeral Home of Fremont, Indiana, identifies them as 6-year-old Lillian Graber, 4-year-old Moses Graber and 2-year-old Jacob Graber. Lillian and Jacob died at Friday’s crash scene and Moses died at a hospital.
June 5, 2019
MANSFIELD, OH – A 67-year-old Shiloh man was listed in critical condition after a tractor-trailer struck a horse-drawn buggy Wednesday morning.
Ammond Troyer was taken to OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital after the crash, which happened at 8:54 a.m. at Ohio 13 and Lattimer Road in Bloominggrove Township.
June 3, 2019
MIDDLEFIELD, OH – Authorities say a motorcycle has struck an Amish buggy in Ohio, killing the man driving the motorcycle and injuring all four people in the horse-drawn vehicle.
A State Highway Patrol release says 26-year-old Brandon Lee, of Middlefield, died at the scene of the crash that occurred around 5 p.m. Tuesday in Geauga County’s Parkman Township.
May 31, 2019
AUSTIN TOWNSHIP, MI — Mecosta County deputies are investigating a car-buggy crash that seriously injured a 9-year-old boy and sent a 17-year-old girl to the hospital.
The crash happened shortly before 8:30 a.m. Friday on Pierce Road near 140th Avenue in Austin Township, about 14 miles southwest of Big Rapids.
May 23, 2019
ST. CLOUD, MN — An Avon man is facing charges in connection with a December horse-drawn buggy crash that left two people dead.
The crash killed Robert Alois Keppers, 72, and Mary Joan Keppers, 66, both of Avon, according to a December press release from the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office.
May 16, 2019
MONROE COUNTY, OH — A bad crash involving an Amish buggy sent three to the hospital on Wednesday.
The accident took place along State Route 800, just north of Woodsfield involving a father and his two girls.
“There was a Ford pick-up truck northbound behind the buggy when it struck the Amish buggy in the rear, causing both vehicles to go off the right side of the road. At that point, all three occupants inside the buggy were ejected from the vehicle,” said Lt. Maurice Waddell, Ohio State Highway Patrol, St. Clairsville post.
May 10, 2019
BELLEVILLE, OH — Jakob T. Boring, 22, of Belleville, was charged Wednesday with one felony count for an accident involving personal injury and one felony count aggravated assault by vehicle after investigation determined he was responsible for crash in which members of an Amish family were injured.
May 8, 2019
MECHANICSVILLE, MD – On Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at approximately 8:10 p.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 28100 block of Thompson Corner Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a horse-drawn buggy.
The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Collision Reconstruction Unit responded and continued the investigation.
May 3, 2019
DICKINSON COUNTY, KS – In what judges called a clash between different centuries, the Kansas Court of Appeals has overturned felony convictions for a woman who rear-ended an Amish buggy, killing a horse and injuring two boys, while she apparently was driving distracted by her cell phone.
“On a summer day on a straight and level highway in Dickinson County, the 21st century collided with the 19th century with near-tragic consequences,” the court ruling said.
April 25, 2019
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA– Update: The man involved in a hit-and-run crash involving a horse & buggy has been identified as Randy Hensel, according to State Police.
State Police say Hensel is in custody. He faces charges of accidents involving death or personal injury and accidents involving damage to attended vehicle as well as five summary offenses: failure to stop, give information and render aid, driving at a safe speed, reckless driving, failure to notify police of accident, injury or death and careless driving – serious bodily injury, court documents show.
April 22, 2019
SPARTANSBURG, PA — Three teenage passengers in an Amish buggy were injured in a crash at the intersection of routes 89 and 77 in Sparta Township in Crawford County on Sunday afternoon.
Pennsylvania State Police at Corry said that the three teens were ejected onto the road when the buggy’s right rear wheel was struck by a car driven by Gerry C. Williams, 53, of Grand Valley, just before 2 p.m.
April 21, 2019
SPARTA TOWNSHIP, PA — A crash between horse and buggy and vehicle that happened shortly before 2 p.m. in northeastern Crawford County is under investigation by Pennsylvania State Police at Corry.
The accident happened around 1:53 p.m. just west of Spartansburg at the intersection of routes 77 and 89 in Sparta Township.
April 17, 2019
ONTARIO, CANADA – Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) says an eight-month-old baby has been taken to hospital following a crash between a horse-drawn carriage and a pickup truck.
It happened around 5:20 p.m. on Sunday in Howick, Ont.
April 16, 2019
MOUNT VERNON, OH – A 20-year-old was charged after a non-injury horse and buggy crash in Danville that allegedly involved alcohol.
Ervin A. Miller, Danville, was taken into custody after he had crashed the horse and buggy he was operating shortly after midnight on April 12. He was suspected to have been under the influence of alcohol, according to court records.
April 9, 2019
STANBERRY, MO – The second accident occurred at 8 p.m. on U.S. Highway 136, one mile west of Stanberry in Gentry County. The Highway Patrol said a Ford Fusion struck the buggy in the rear.
The driver of the buggy, 28-year-old Eli L. Shrock of Stanberry, was ejected from the vehicle was flown to North Kansas City hospital with injuries described as serious. The driver of the Fusion, 18-year-old Kiera D. Greer, of Stanberry, was not listed as injured.
March 27, 2019
ELKHART COUNTY, IN – A woman was injured and a horse died after a buggy was hit in Elkhart County.
It happened just before 8 a.m. Wednesday on County Road 126, near County Road 35.
Police say a 2005 GMC Savana rear-ended a horse and buggy. Both vehicles were traveling eastbound.
March 26, 2019
BELMORE, ONTARIO – Two separate crashes this month involving Amish buggies have sent eight people to hospital in midwestern Ontario.
A crash involving a school bus and a horse and buggy near Chesley sent five people to hospital.
March 26, 2019
KENNEDY, NY – An unoccupied Amish buggy that was traveling the wrong way on Interstate 86 was struck by a semi tractor-trailer Sunday, the New York State Police said.
County dispatch had received several calls around 10 p.m. of the buggy in the eastbound lane of the interstate.
March 21, 2019
SUMMERVILLE, P.E.I. – Some P.E.I. motorists appear to be struggling to accommodate the arrival of Amish families from southwestern Ontario, according to one Mountie who says there have been several accidents involving horse and buggies in his county alone.
March 17, 2019
KENNEDY, NY – An unoccupied Amish buggy that was traveling the wrong way on Interstate 86 was struck by a semi tractor-trailer Sunday, the New York State Police said.
County dispatch had received several calls around 10 p.m. of the buggy in the eastbound lane of the interstate.
March 15, 2019
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA — A runaway horse dragging an Amish buggy damaged several cars in Clay Township Friday morning, according to Ephrata Borough Police.
Police believe the horse and buggy were waiting outside a Sharp Shopper store in Clay Township when the horse got free of its tether and ran off.
March 12, 2019
ONTARIO, CANADA – Police are asking the public for information about a collision involving a horse-drawn buggy near Wingham that injured three people, including two children.
A vehicle and a horse-drawn carriage collided on Howick Turnberry Road, between Gorrie Road and Belmore Line, on Friday around 6:30 p.m., police said.
March 11, 2019
LAURELVILLE, OH – Two Amish sisters were injured and a horse was killed in a crash involving a BMW and two horse-drawn buggies in Hocking County on Sunday night, the State Highway Patrol said Monday.
The crash occurred at 9:44 p.m. on Route 180 at Defenbaugh Road near Laurelville.
March 10, 2019
HOWICK TOWNSHIP, ONTARIO, CANADA – OPP are investigating another crash involving a motor vehicle and a horse-drawn buggy.
Members of the Huron County detachment were called to an area on Howick-Turnberry Road near Belmore Line in Howick Township on Saturday.
March 6, 2019
BLUFFTON, NY – An Amish buggy with five occupants was struck by a drunk driver north of Bluffton, according to the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.
Travis Rappatt, 38, New York Mills, was arrested for driving while intoxicated and criminal vehicular operation, after rear-ending the buggy with his car. When tested he had a blood-alcohol level of .23, almost three times the legal limit.
March 5, 2019
WELLESLEY, ON, Canada – Four people were taken to hospital after a crash between a van and a horse and buggy.
Police responded to the crash at the intersection of Herrgott Road and Temperance Road near Wallenstein on Monday evening.
A man, woman and two young children in the buggy were taken to hospital. Their injuries were considered minor.
Police responded to the crash at the intersection of Herrgott Road and Temperance Road near Wallenstein on Monday evening.
A man, woman and two young children in the buggy were taken to hospital. Their injuries were considered minor.
March 4, 2019
HOPKINSVILLE, KY — A horse was killed in a school bus and horse and buggy crash in Christian County on Monday afternoon. No people were hurt in the collision, WHOP reports.
Christian County deputies were called to Howard Dickerson Road a few minutes before 3 p.m. for reports of a crash involving a Christian County Public School System school bus and a horse and buggy.
March 1, 2019
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, PA – An Amish buggy was destroyed in a crash involving a vehicle Friday morning.
It happened on Route 430 in Hartfield around 8:40 a.m.
March 1, 2019
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI – A crash killed a horse pulling a buggy in West Michigan.
Our CBS affiliate Newschannel 3 reports police said it happened at about 7:30 a.m. on Friday, March 1 in Van Buren County.
March 1, 2019
BLOOMFIELD, IA — The trial of Drakesville man accused of running down an Amish boy has been delayed.
Terry Petary was scheduled to be in a Davis County Courtroom on Friday morning for a pre-trial conference.
But the court granted a defense request to continue the hearing.
March 1, 2019
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, MN – A motorist who was allegedly drunk crashed into an Amish buggy Thursday in northwestern Minnesota and is in jail awaiting charges, authorities said.
The 38-year-old motorist’s blood alcohol content was .23 percent, three times the legal limit for operating a motor vehicle, when he was arrested, the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office said.
March 1, 2019
HARTFIELD, NY – An Amish buggy was involved in a crash in Chautauqua County Friday morning.
The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office went to the scene on Route 340 in Hartfield around 8:40 a.m.
February 19, 2019
LAGRANGE COUNTY, IN – A 12-year-old boy was injured Monday evening when the buggy he was in crashed with a semi.
The crash happened at around 7 p.m. on U.S. 20 at 300 East. According to police, the 12-year-old boy who was driving a horse and buggy didn’t stop for a stop sign.
February 10, 2019
CRESCO, IA – A horse was killed and a man suffered serious head injuries after a vehicle struck a buggy Saturday afternoon in Howard County.
Authorities say the crash happened at 45th St. and Timber Ave. when a truck driven by 50-year-old Steven Jensen, of Cresco, struck a buggy that turned in front of him, according to the Howard County Sheriff’s Office. The occupant of the buggy, 23-year-old Phillip Yoder, of Cresco, was thrown from the buggy.
February 8, 2019
CALIFORNIA TOWNSHIP, MI – A two vehicle collision involving an Amish milk wagon covered the intersection of Ray-Quincy and Brown Roads in Branch County’s California Township with spilled milk Friday morning.
The Branch County Sheriff’s Department says the accident was reported at about 9:45 a.m.
February 6, 2019
JOHNSON, OH – An Abbotsford woman died Tuesday after the horse-drawn buggy she was riding in collided with a truck in the Marathon County town of Johnson.
According to the Marathon County Sheriff’s Office, the victim is 60-year-old Frannie Yoder.
February 6, 2019
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA — A crash involving a horse and buggy happened Monday evening in Bart Township.
According to the police report, the crash occurred around 5 p.m. on Valley Road.
February 5, 2019
JOHNSON, WI – Two adults were seriously injured after a buggy and a truck collided Tuesday morning in the Marathon County town of Johnson.
According to the Marathon County Sheriff’s Office, the crash happened around 9 a.m. on County A, just west of Corlad Road. The vehicles involved were a horse-drawn buggy and a delivery-type truck. Authorities did not say which of the vehicles were carrying the occupants who were injured.
February 4, 2019
WOOLWICH TOWNSHIP, NJ – Two people were sent to hospital after a horse and buggy was involved in a crash with a car.
It happened on Sunday evening at the intersection of Northfield Drive East and Highway 86 in Woolwich Township.
Police say the horse and buggy was turning left onto the highway when it collided with a northbound vehicle.
January 28, 2019
Herkimer County, NY – An Amish boy is recovering following a Horse and Buggy crash in Herkimer County.
According to State Police, 14-year-old Samuel Miller pulled out of a private residence operating the horse-drawn buggy.
As Miller pulled out, he drove into the direct path of a 2008 Chevy pickup being driver by 28-year-old Jeffrey Yaworski of Newport.
January 26, 2019
NEWPORT, NY – A 14-year-old boy was injured Friday evening when the Amish horse-drawn buggy he was operating collided with a pickup truck in Herkimer County, according to the New York State Police.
The crash occurred at about 8:35 p.m. in the town of Newport. Samuel Miller, 14, was operating the buggy and pulled out of a private residence located at 392 Honey Hill Road into the direct path of a 2008 Chevrolet pickup truck with a snow plow, state police said.
January 25, 2019
WOOSTER, OH – Authorities say a 17-year-old Amish girl driving a horse-drawn buggy has been rescued after the buggy was swept away by high water along a flooded rural road in northeast Ohio.
The Massillon Independent reports emergency personnel used an inflatable raft Thursday afternoon to rescue the teen who’d taken refuge on the buggy’s roof in Wayne County’s Sugar Creek Township. She wasn’t injured.
January 24, 2019
SMYRNA, ME – Two children suffered minor injuries Wednesday when a tractor-trailer struck their horse-drawn buggy in Smyrna.
Maine State Police Sgt. Chad Fuller said that the crash happened just after 3 p.m. on U.S. Route 2 in Smyrna.
January 9, 2019
ROCKVILLE, IN– Werner Sultermann lives in Parke County and works as an Amish supply hauler. An accident last week scared Sultermann and others in the Amish community.
Saturday the Sheriffs office said a van rear-ended an Amish couple in their horse and buggy.
“Sadness. When we first heard about it Saturday evening we just really wanted to find out exactly which Amish family it was. We wanted to send out our prayers and best wishes for that family,” said Sultermann.
Sadly, stories like this aren’t new in Parke County. Every year the Parke County Sheriff’s office responds to accidents involving buggies on the road.
January 8, 2019
SOUTH HAVEN, IL — A Grand Junction man faces criminal charges after his van collided with a horse-drawn buggy, killing the horse and seriously injuring the driver in September.
Robert Samuel Rawson, 60, was arraigned last Thursday in Seventh District Court for the misdemeanor charge of moving violation causing serious impairment, according to a news release. If convicted he could face up to 93 days in jail and/or a fine up to $500. His next court appearance is scheduled for Feb. 5.
January 7, 2019
PARKE COUNTY, IN – A Rockville man faces a drunken driving charge after his car collided with an Amish buggy, sending an occupant of the buggy to the hospital.
Steve Williams, 57, was arraigned Monday in Parke County Circuit Court on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. He was ordered held under $10,000 bond pending further proceedings.
January 7, 2019
PRESTON, MN – The man arrested after a fatal collision with an Amish buggy is pleading not guilty.
Connor Louis Keene, 24 of Canton, is charged with four felony counts of criminal vehicular homicide, three counts of failing to stop for an accident involving injury or death, failure to notify police of a personal injury accident, failing to stop for a collision involving a driven or attended vehicle, and careless driving.
January 7, 2019
WOOLWICH TOWNSHIP, NJ – Charges are pending in a crash involving a horse and buggy.
The crash happened Sunday around 8:30 p.m. at the intersection of Northfield Drive East and Highway 86 in Woolwich Township.
Police allege the horse and buggy was attempting to turn left onto Highway 86 when it collided with a vehicle.
January 6, 2019
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI — A man has been arraigned in court for causing a serious crash with a horse and buggy nearly four months ago.
On Saturday, Van Buren County Sheriff Daniel E. Abbott reported that Robert Samuel Rawson, 69, was arraigned Thursday in Van Buren County District Court on charges of a moving violation causing serious impairment.
January 4, 2019
NEWPORT, N.Y. – State police have identified the alleged driver involved in a hit-and-run crash, involving a horse and buggy.
Jason Dager, 43 of Dolgeville, has been issued a number of violations after the vehicle he owns crashed into a horse and buggy on Summit Road in the town of Newport.
2018 Buggy Accidents
DECEMBER 29, 2018
MCCLURE, PA — A man is dead after a pickup truck struck the horse and buggy he was operating in Snyder County.
Police say the crash happened Friday just after 12 p.m. along Route 522.
DECEMBER 18, 2018
MESOPOTAMIA, OH — An Amish boy struck by a 2010 Ford Econoline E-350 Monday morning along state Route 534 North was taken by medivac to University Hospital in Cleveland.
The accident took place about 8:38 a.m. Monday near Sweet West Road NW and Walnut Crest Beggs Road on state Route 534 North. The vehicle involved in the accident stopped at the scene.
DECEMBER 17, 2018
LAFEYETTE COUNTY, WI – Deputies responded to Highway 81 at Kathy Road Friday for a car vs Amish buggy accident.
Authorities say 19-year-old Tyler Knight from Janesville was driving eastbound in Lamont Township when he lost control while driving on a curve.
DECEMBER 16, 2018
ASHLAND COUNTY, OH – Ohio Highway Patrol, Ashland Sheriff’s Office, and Polk Volunteer Fire Department along with Polk EMS responded to a vehicle versus Amish Buggy accident yesterday evening.
The crash happened around the 4000 block in the Southbound lane of State Route 42.
DECEMBER 16, 2018
AVON, MN — Two adults are dead after their horse-drawn buggy was struck from behind by a Ford F-150 pickup at 11:17 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 16, on County Road 9 north of Avon.
The crash was reported by the pickup’s OnStar impact activation system. Several passers-by stopped to assist at the crash scene. While officers were en route, information was received that both parties in the buggy were critically injured and CPR was in progress, according to a news release.
DECEMBER 15, 2018
LOWVILLE, NY – A horse pulling a buggy “kicked over” in front of a Deferiet man’s truck on West Road on Friday.
David W. Podkowka, 38, was driving west on a straightaway toward the intersection with state Route 177 in his Ford truck at about 1 p.m. when he began passing an Amish buggy traveling the same direction.
DECEMBER 14, 2018
DARLINGTON, WI – A buggy driver was transported by EMS for treatment of a head injury midday Friday after an oncoming car swerved into her lane of traffic and collided with the horse-drawn vehicle, according to Lafayette County Chief Deputy Troy Loeffelholz.
The accident was reported at 11:49 a.m. on Wisconsin 81 near Kathy Lane, just west of Lamont.
DECEMBER 6, 2018
BLOOMFIELD, IA — A Bloomfield, Iowa, man accused of vehicular homicide will now face a jury in March.
The trial of Terry Petary was set to begin later this month, but on Wednesday, a judge granted a defense motion for a continuance.
DECEMBER 5, 2018
FREMONT, WI – An 8-year-old child died Wednesday following a buggy crash in the Clark County town of Fremont, authorities said.
The crash happened around 8:45 a.m. Wednesday on County Highway H west of Hi Line Avenue, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.
NOVEMBER 23, 2018
Near Frazee, MN – A car lost control on icy roads and hit a horse-drawn buggy with five children inside, before hitting the ditch.
The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened around 8:30 Friday morning on Hwy. 87.
Authorities say 57-year-old Roger Meyer of Menahga was going west when he lost control and crashed into the buggy.
NOVEMBER 22, 2018
LISBON, NY – Ice and wind made for tough driving conditions Wednesday in St. Lawrence County where a car rear-ended an Amish buggy.
The car, driving north on Wood Road in Lisbon, struck a milk buggy just after 4 p.m.
NOVEMBER 22, 2018
HOLMES COUNTY, OH – The Highway Patrol is looking for a maroon Honda involved in a hit-skip crash with an Amish buggy on Tuesday in eastern Holmes County.
The crash happened about 2 p.m. on County Road 160 west of Township Road 652 in Paint Township.
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
VERNON COUNTY, WI – Two people were injured in Vernon County Wednesday when their Amish buggy was struck from behind by a car.
The crash happened at about 5:20 p.m. on Highway 82 near Maple Lane in the town of Union, the Sheriff’s Office said.
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
SAUK COUNTY, WI – The riders in an Amish buggy escaped injury Wednesday afternoon when their buggy was hit by an SUV in Sauk County.
The crash happened at about 4:15 p.m on Highway 154 near Sugar Maple Road in the town of Washington, the Sheriff’s Office said.
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
ASHLAND COUNTY, OH – An Ashland County grand jury has indicted a 48-year-old man on charges in connection with a buggy crash that sent seven members of an Amish family to the hospital.
Patrick A. Muscaro, 47, of West Salem, has been indicted on eight criminal charges, including five counts of vehicular assault.
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
HARLAN, In – Two boys were critically hurt Tuesday evening after a minivan hit the pony wagon they were riding in.
The crash happened around 6:00 p.m. in the 16600 block of Trammel Road in Harlan.
NOVEMBER 10, 2018
LAGRANGE, IN – One woman has been hospitalized after a pickup truck and a horse and buggy crashed in LaGrange County Saturday morning.
Police were called to the crash around 9:40 a.m. at the intersection of County Road 400 W and County Road 200 North.
OCTOBER 28, 2018
GOSHEN, IN – Two people were injured in a buggy-automobile crash Friday evening.
According to a report, a 2015 Chrysler 200 driven by Robert Parker III, Marysville, Ohio, was traveling northwest in the 2800 block of Lincolnway East around 10:06 p.m. when his vehicle struck the rear of a horse-drawn buggy operated by Emma Schwartz, Goshen, causing the buggy to flip over. The horse then became loose and ran from the scene. It’s unknown if the horse sustained injury, the report stated.
OCTOBER 26, 2018
DICKINSON, NY – Three children were thrown from an Amish buggy after it was struck from behind by a car here, State Police say.
Mattie D. Schlabach, 13, suffered a fractured orbital bone and jaw bone, police said in a press release, while Andy D. Schlabach, 8, had broken vertebrae in his neck.
OCTOBER 26, 2018
ST. LAWRENCE, NY – State police are investigating an Amish buggy accident that shut down a portion of Route 11B Thursday near the St. Lawrence – Franklin county line.
Police said 38 year old Matthew Gainey of Rensselaer Falls was driving his vehicle on Route 11B when he passed another vehicle while cresting a hill and hit the rear of an Amish buggy.
The three passengers in the buggy were ejected. They were all children under the age of 13 from North Lawrence.
OCTOBER 19, 2018
CALIFORNIA TOWNSHIP, MI – Five people were taken to a Fort Wayne hospital Thursday night after they were injured in a car-buggy accident in southern Branch County.
As many as seven persons may have been injured, but that information has not been confirmed.
The Michigan State Police are still putting the details of the accident together so no further information was available on Friday.
OCTOBER 19, 2018
CENTRE COUNTY, PA – Centre County emergency crews responded to a crash with injuries between a pickup truck and a horse and buggy at about 10 a.m. Friday, according to 911 dispatch.
Two people were transported to Mount Nittany Medical Center; police on the scene confirmed, and dispatch noted that a five-year-old female and 47-year-old male were injured.
The crash, which happened right outside of Centre County Vinyl, occurred at about 9:53 a.m. on 4857 Penns Valley Road in Penn Township when the right front side of the truck struck the buggy. The condition of the horse is unknown.
OCTOBER 18, 2018
ALAMOSA, CO – A horse was able to walk away with a slight limp after a pickup driver crashed into a buggy on Thursday.
The crash happened on Highway 370 in Alamosa County just southwest of Alamosa. Colorado State Patrol cited the driver of the pickup truck for careless driving and buggy the horse was towing flipped rolled on its side.
OCTOBER 14, 2018
SULLIVAN TOWNSHIP, OH – A man was arrested for driving while intoxicated after hitting a horse-drawn buggy carrying seven people in Ashland County Sunday night.
According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, it happened at just after 7:30 p.m. on U.S. Route 224 near County Road 581.
OCTOBER 11, 2018
LAGRANGE, IN – A man, woman and two young children were hurt when the buggy they were riding in was struck by a car along U.S. 20 in LaGrange County Wednesday afternoon.
The driver of the car was then charged with intoxicated driving and drug charges.
Police and medics were called around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to U.S. 20 at C.R. 100 West, just west of LaGrange. There, police found a horse-drawn buggy and a GMC Terrain crashed.
OCTOBER 10, 2018
FLYNN TOWNSHIP, MI – The driver of a horse-drawn buggy was injured but refused treatment after a two-vehicle crash early Wednesday on Peck Road west of Maple Valley Road in Flynn Township.
The crash happened about 7:35 a.m. Wednesday, according to information from the Sanilac County Sheriff’s Office.
According to deputies, a 29-year-old man from Marlette was traveling east on Peck Road in a horse-drawn buggy when the buggy was rear-ended by a 2005 Dodge Ram pickup. The truck was being driven by a 35-year-old man from Brown City.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2018
DILLWYN, VA – Police say four people were hurt, three seriously, when a car rear-ended a horse-drawn buggy in central Virginia.
Virginia State Police said the horse was killed in the crash Sunday morning in Buckingham County.
Police say 18-year-old Haley Taylor was driving a 2002 Honda when she rear-ended the buggy. Her car flipped, and the buggy was destroyed.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
BELLE CENTER, OH – An area driver was cited after he struck an Amish buggy near Belle Center Wednesday night around 7:05.
The Logan County Sheriff’s Office reports that Todd Amweg, 37, of Kenton, was driving a 2001 Ford truck eastbound in the 8500 block of County Road 101 when he went left of center and struck a westbound Amish buggy operated by Mark Curtis, 66, of rural Belle Center.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
FORT WAYNE, IN – Three people were hurt after a crash involving a car and Amish buggy in northern Allen County.
It happened just before 5:30 p.m. Wednesday near Milan Center Road and State Road 37. Police said a car rear-ended the buggy. Five children were in the buggy at the time of the crash. One was taken to an area hospital in serious condition. The others were not seriously hurt.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
DEKALB COUNTY, IN – A mother and her 3-year-old son were taken to the hospital after a car rear-ended their buggy Sunday night.
The crash happened around 7:30p.m. along the 5400 block of County Road 68 in DeKalb County. The driver of the car, Mindy Harris, 43, of Leo was going west bound on C.R. 68, but could not see the road very well because of the glare from the sun.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2018
ROME TOWNSHIP, PA – Several people are injured Sunday night after a car hits an Amish buggy occupied by eight people, many of them children.
The accident happened just after 7pm Sunday at Magee Town road and Gilson ridge road in Rome Township. A car driven by a 17 year old woman reportedly hit the buggy from behind. Two adults and six children were aboard the buggy. One of the adults was life flighted to the hospital. The others in the buggy along with the driver of the car were also taken to the hospital by ambulance. State police are currently investigating.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
MONROE TOWNSHIP, OH – Three children were among four injured when a pickup truck struck an Amish buggy Thursday morning on Root Road in Monroe Township, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Injuries were not considered serious, said Sgt. Larry Jones.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
MARTINSBURG, OH – A Utica man and teenager were transported by medical helicopter from the scene of a buggy-vehicle crash in Licking Country Sunday.
Ohio State Highway Patrol, Granville Post Lt. Aaron Vollmer reported that Abe Gingerich, 20, Utica, and Amos Gingerich, 13, Utica, were transported via medical helicopter from the scene of the crash, which occurred on Ohio 586 at 10:15 a.m.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
MONTGOMERY, IN – Police say seven individuals were injured in a Daviess County vehicle-versus-buggy accident Saturday evening north of Montgomery.
Indiana State Police at the Jasper Post were contacted by the Daviess County Sheriff’s Department to assist with the accident that had occurred on Daviess County Road 650E, a half mile north of Daviess County Road 200N.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
CLAYTON, NY – Two Amish men were transported to Samaritan Medical Center for non-life threatening injuries after their buggy was struck by a pick-up truck Tuesday.
Clayton Fire Chief Christopher J. Barton said the truck driver rear-ended the buggy and caused it to overturn at about 8 p.m. while both were travelling east on County Route 11. Thousand Islands Emergency Rescue Service transported the two men to the hospital, one for a laceration on his head and the other for a possible leg injury.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
BLOOMINGDALE TOWNSHIP, MI – A horse was killed on Tuesday morning after a van crashed head-on into a horse drawn buggy on 46th Street near County Road 388 in Van Buren County.
The horse was killed on impact and the 67-year-old man driving the buggy was ejected. He suffered serious injuries and was transported to the hospital.
AUGUST 29, 2018
RUSHFORD, NY – One person was Mercy Flighted to the Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo Wednesday afternoon following an Amish buggy accident in the Town of Rushford.
An Amish family of nine was traveling on Tucker Hill Road when their horse got spooked and took off, flipping the buggy upside down and into a ditch. An elderly woman reportedly in her mid to late 70s suffered significant facial lacerations and arm lacerations during the accident. She was reportedly alert and oriented before Mercy Flight arrived, and her injuries were not expected to be life-threatening.
AUGUST 22, 2018
CRAB ORCHARD, KY – Lincoln County authorities are responding to the scene of a deadly wreck involving an Amish buggy.
Authorities say the collision occurred on Ky. 39 near Crab Orchard.
An Amish man died as a result of the collision. Authorities have identified him at Bruce Troyer, 52, of Crab Orchard. They say he was ejected from the carriage and was pronounced dead at the scene.
AUGUST 20, 2018
MILLERSBURG, IN – Two people were injured and a horse died in a crash Monday involving a vehicle and a horse-drawn buggy, according to the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department.
The three-vehicle crash happened near Millersburg at Country Road 38 and County Road 43.
AUGUST 17, 2018
MILAN TWP, IN – Officers responded to a vehicular crash involving a horse and buggy Friday night.
Allen County Dispatch said it happened around 11 p.m. at IN-37 and Graber Road in the Milan Township, just off of I-469.
AUGUST 15, 2018
LEOMA, TN – Multiple injuries were reported in a crash involving an Amish buggy in Lawrence County.
According to WLX Radio, the crash happened on Highway 43 South in Leoma.
AUGUST 15, 2018
LAWRENCEBURG, TN – Five people were hurt in an accident involving an Amish buggy and a vehicle in Lawrenceburg Wednesday.
It happened on Highway 43 around 5:45 p.m.
Four people were taken to a local hospital for their injuries and one person in the Amish buggy was airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
JULY 30, 2018
BEDFORD, IN – An Amish teen suffered internal and back injures after her horse-drawn buggy was struck in the rear.
According to a Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department report, 17-year-old Fannie Hershberger, was transported to Monroe Hospital and then airlifted to Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis.
JULY 24, 2018
VIROQUA, WI – A car vs. Amish horse and buggy accident injured the horse and two people in the buggy early Tuesday morning.
According to Vernon County Sheriff John Spears, Cheryl Proctor, 62, of rural Genoa, was traveling southbound on County Road O. Samual Miller, 34, and Daniel Mast, 17, both of Genoa, were riding in an Amish buggy traveling in the same direction.
JULY 20, 2018
DELKALB, IL – A 13-year-old Amish girl escaped injury in DeKalb Friday when the buggy she is driving was apparently rear-ended by a Dodge Dart.
The girl was northbound on State Route 812 and almost at her home’s driveway when the accident occurred.
JULY 12, 2018
SULLIVAN TWP, OH – Four people were hospitalized Thursday evening after a box truck struck the back of an Amish Buggy on U.S. 224 in Ashland County.
Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers say the buggy, operated by 20-year-old Menno Swartzentruper, was headed east on U.S. 224 in Sullivan Township around 6:45 p.m. There were five passengers riding with Swartzentruper.
JULY 9, 2018
GAP, PA – A family of six, including a baby, was transported to Lancaster General Hospital after their horse and buggy was rear-ended by a pickup truck in Gap, according to Gap Fire Company’s chief.
The crash occurred around 8 p.m. Sunday when a man driving a pickup truck north along Newport Road was blinded by sunlight and smashed into the rear of the buggy, Gap Fire Co. Chief Troy Wenger said.
JUNE 23, 2018
PIKE TOWNSHIP, OH – A Fredericktown man has been charged after a 13-year-old Amish boy was killed and two others injured in a two-vehicle crash Friday afternoon in Knox County, according to the Mount Gilead Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
JUNE 17, 2018
ROSE, NY – State Police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down a vehicle that hit an Amish buggy in the Town of Rose, then took off.
Troopers told 13WHAM that an 11-year-old girl suffered minor injuries in the collision Sunday around 4 pm on Wayne Center Rose Road.
JUNE 17, 2018
ELMA, NY – The Erie County Sheriff’s Office received multiple calls reporting a single vehicle crash on Route 400 South near Maple Street at 3:20 p.m. Saturday.
Deputies say a custom 1920 early model open top vehicle lost control and struck the safety rail causing the man operating it to be ejected from the vehicle.
JUNE 15, 2018
LISBON, NY – A 7-year-old New York boy is in critical condition after the Amish buggy he was riding in was struck from behind by a pickup truck.
It happened Wednesday evening in the town of Lisbon. Police say the buggy was headed west on Route 10 when it was hit from behind, ejecting the two occupants, John D. Miller, 30, and Levi J. Miller, 7, both of Lisbon. John was treated and released but Levi remains in critical condition with a head injury.
JUNE 14, 2018
FLACKVILLE, NY – A father and son were taken to Canton-Potsdam Hospital after their Amish buggy was struck by a pickup truck Wednesday night.
The accident happened shortly around 7:45 p.m. while the buggy was heading south on County Route 10 north of Flackville.
JUNE 11, 2018
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA – One person has been taken to the hospital after a crash involving a horse & buggy.
Around 1 a.m. Monday morning, a crash involving a vehicle and horse & buggy occurred on N. Hollander Rd. in Leacock Township.
One person was taken to the hospital, but the extent of their injuries is unknown.
Around 1 a.m. Monday morning, a crash involving a vehicle and horse & buggy occurred on N. Hollander Rd. in Leacock Township.
One person was taken to the hospital, but the extent of their injuries is unknown.
JUNE 11, 2018
TOPEKA, IN – A mother and her daughter were killed early Saturday morning when the buggy they were in was struck from behind. The LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department reports Velda C. Miller, 44, of 7455 S 400 W, Ligonier Ind., and Melissa Jo Miller, 15, were both pronounced dead at the scene of the 5:26 a.m. crash. Police said a vehicle driven by Jazieel Abundio Leon-Galvan, 21, of South Bend Ind., was westbound on 800 S, in Topeka Ind., and had just passed another vehicle.
JUNE 5, 2018
LICKING, MO – An elderly woman in Missouri was ticketed by state troopers after rear-ending an Amish horse-drawn buggy on her way to a Sunday evening church service.
It was the second car accident for 83-year-old Clarissa Smith, who less than a year ago rear-ended another Amish horse and buggy on the same rural road near a settlement of Amish farms. The pregnant driver in that incident died three days later from injuries sustained in the accident, a local official confirmed.
MAY 24, 2018
CLARISSA, MN – Minor injuries were reported in a crash between a horse and buggy and a car. The Todd County Sheriff’s Office says it happened just before 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of County Roads 11 and 14 near Clarissa.
Twenty-two-year-old Felty Yoder of Long Prairie was going north when his horse-drawn buggy struck a car going east driven by 68-year-old Susan Lorentz of Eagle Bend.
MAY 24, 2018
ONTARIO, CANADA – No injuries were reported after a horse-drawn buggy occupied by 10 people entered a ditch and rolled in Thames Centre last week, Middlesex OPP said.
The incident occurred around 5:45 p.m. on May 18 after the horse pulling the buggy became spooked by a passing transport truck along Elgin Road near Mossley Drive, police said.
MAY 20, 2018
MILES TOWNSHIP, PA – One person is dead after a motorcycle crashed into the back of an Amish buggy in Centre County.
Police said it all happened when Derek Lehman was driving his motorcycle around 6:30 p.m. Saturday night on Broad Street in Rebersburg, Miles Township.
Centre County Coroner Scott Sayers told us the motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.
We’re told no one else was injured.
MAY 7, 2018
PONTOTOC COUNTY, MI – Law enforcement officers in Pontotoc County say no one was hurt in a Monday evening accident involving a car and an Amish buggy.
Pontotoc County Sheriff Leo Mask says the accident happened sometime after 6 p.m. in the area of Highway 9 and Highway 341.
He says one person was in the buggy; a mother and son were in the car.
MAY 6, 2018
LAGRANGE, IN – Five people, including three children, were badly hurt after a pickup truck crashed into their horse and buggy.
Police said the Amish buggy was crossing through the intersection of County Road 600 W and U.S. 20 around 10:40 p.m. Friday. That’s when a pickup truck driving south on 600 W ran a stop sign going too fast and hit the buggy.
APRIL 21, 2018
SHELBY COUNTY, OH – A car crash has left a 23-year-old woman dead, and two babies and a man critically injured, according to WHIO.
Police said the accident happened Friday night just before 9 p.m. in the 22000 block of State Route 47 West near Tawawa-Maplewood Road in Shelby County.
APRIL 16, 2018
LAWRENCEBURG, IN – Two children and an adult were transported for medical attention in the wake of a crash Monday afternoon that involved a car and an Amish buggy. Authorities indicate that the crash occurred at around 1:30 p.m. on Highway 43 North in the northbound lanes.
APRIL 16, 2018
HARDING, MN – Three people were injured when an SUV and a horse and buggy collided at 7:40 p.m. Friday on Highway 25, south of 233rd Street in Platte Township in Morrison County.
The Minnesota State Patrol reported a Kia Sportage and a horse and buggy were both traveling south on Highway 25, when the Kia struck the rear of the buggy and came to a rest in the field.
APRIL 16, 2018
NEW WILMINGTON, PA – An Amish teen is facing charges for alleged underage drinking and driving a horse and buggy while under the influence.
The charges, filed Friday by state police, follow an accident between the buggy and a sport utility vehicle around 5:50 p.m. March 22 at the intersection of Route 18 and Beechwood Road in Wilmington Township. The car had front fender damage.
APRIL 14, 2018
LASTRUP, MN – Three people were hurt when a car rear-ended a horse and buggy. The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened at about 7:40 p.m. on Friday on Highway 25 north of Lastrup in Morrison County.
The car and the horse and buggy were both going south when the crash happened. The buggy came to a rest in a field.
APRIL 10, 2018
CANTON, NY – Two Amish men were thrown from their wooden buggy shortly before 9 a.m. Monday after being struck from behind by a vehicle on Old DeKalb Road, about half a mile south of the intersection with West Main Street.
None of the people involved in the accident were injured, nor was the horse. The buggy was destroyed.
APRIL 4, 2018
TENNESSEE – A early morning accident involving an Amish buggy on highway 43 south results in injuries. emergency personnel were dispatched to the accident just south of the intersection of highway 43 and the highway 64 bypass around 8:30. initial reports indicate a vehicle hit the buggy resulting in at least one occupant being thrown. that individual was transported to southern Tennessee regional hospital. the accident remains under investigation.
MARCH 28, 2018
TOWN OF HOLTON, WI – A truck crashed into an Amish buggy in western Marathon County during foggy conditions on Wednesday.
The accident happened on County Road A between County Roads E and F near Dorchester. The buggy went into the ditch after it was stuck.
MARCH 24, 2018
RICHMOND, PA – Traffic on Route 222 in Richmond Township was slowed Saturday after a horse and buggy collided with a car near Richmond Road.
The crash occurred shortly after 1 p.m.
First responders found no one with the buggy and an injured horse on Richmond Road.
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
IRONTON, WI – Sauk County authorities are seeking the public’s help after an SUV hit an Amish buggy, killing the horse and injuring five people in the buggy.
Sheriff’s officials say the hit-and-run happened just before 5 p.m. Sunday on Highway 58 in the Town of Ironton near Cazenovia in central Wisconsin.
Authorities say a blue 1999 GMC Yukon read-ended the buggy, causing people to fall out. Three children and two adults suffered minor injuries.
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
SEYMOUR, MO – A hit-and-run accident last Thursday night on Highway A near Diggins Road, about five miles northwest of Seymour, involved four Amish teenagers and left three with minor injuries.
Sgt. T.L. Hall of the Missouri State Highway Patrol said Friday morning that law enforcement hasn’t yet found the driver responsible for hitting the horse-drawn buggy carrying the four Amish teens and then left the scene.
JANUARY 16, 2018
WEST SALEM, OH – A Polk man was seriously injured on Tuesday morning after his Amish buggy collided with a semi tractor-trailer on U.S. 42 in Congress Township in Wayne County.
The crash occurred around 9:10 a.m. according to the Wooster Post of the Ohio Highway Patrol. Nathan W. Sanford, 24, Reading, Mich., was driving north on U.S. 42 in a 2012 Freightliner Commercial Tractor with a tanker trailer filled with 42,000 pounds of dried Canola, Sanford told officials he looked away from the road, and when he looked back, he saw an Amish buggy driven by Peter Swartzentruber, 35, of Polk, who was also northbound on U.S. 42.
JANUARY 9, 2018
WEST EARL TOWNSHIP, PA – A 23-year-old man is in critical condition after he hit a loose horse in a West Earl Township crash Sunday.
John Bosley, of Leola, was driving west in the 400 block of East Main Street (Route 23) around 10:10 p.m. when his vehicle struck a loose horse, police said.
JANUARY 9, 2018
DAVIESS COUNTY, IN – One woman was taken to a hospital after an ambulance hit a horse and buggy in southwest Indiana.
Indiana State Police responded to the crash on county roads 900 E. and 975 N. in Daviess County around 8:30 p.m. Monday.
JANUARY 5, 2018
SHIPSHEWANA, IN – Five people were injured when their horse-drawn buggy was struck by a car at 50 S. Ind. 5 near Shipshewana at 3:41 p.m. Thursday. The driver of the car was arrested on multiple charges.
According to LaGrange County police, a 2009 Chevrolet car driven by Johnnie R. Wilson, 46, 106 N. Woodruff Road, Wolcottville, was southbound on Ind. 5. In the area of C.R. 50 South, the car allegedly crossed the center line and struck a horse-drawn buggy that was headed north, police reported.
JANUARY 3, 2018
JACKSON COUNTY, WI – A Jackson County man is dead after a crash between a semi and a buggy.
It happened just after 5 p.m. Wednesday on US Highway 10 at County Highway G, near Osseo in Jackson County.
According to the Wisconsin State Patrol, a semi was going westbound on U.S. Highway 10 when it struck the buggy.
The 26-year-old buggy driver died in the crash. He was the only one in the buggy.
JANUARY 1, 2017
UNION, OR – No one was injured after a vehicle collided with an Amish buggy Sunday on County Highway V, near County Highway H, in the town of Union, according to Vernon County Sheriff John B. Spears.
Danny Thayer, 70, of La Farge was traveling north at about 6:15 p.m. when he entered the wrong lane and struck a southbound buggy carrying Josiah Schrock and Leah Schrock, both 26.
2017 Buggy Accidents
DECEMBER 28, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
MECHANICSVILLE, MD – Robert Edward Lawrence, of Mechanicsville, is charged with failure to immediately stop his vehicle at the scene of an accident involving bodily injury, failure to stop after an accident involving damage to attended property, failure to return and to remain at the scene of an accident involving attended vehicle damage/property damage, failure of driver involved in an accident to render reasonable assistance to an injured person and failure to control speed to avoid a collision. Lawrence was taken to the St. Mary’s Detention Center before being released after posting a $10,000 bond.
DECEMBER 26, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
LOGANSVILLE, OH – A suspended driver was cited after she struck an Amish buggy on State Route 47 west of County Road 35 (near Logansville) Sunday morning around 8:30.
The Logan County Sheriff’s Office reports that Tara Snyder, 33, of Bellefontaine, was driving a 2005 Honda Odyssey eastbound on 47 when she rear-ended an eastbound 1980 Amish buggy operated by Daniel Schwartz, 28, of Maplewood. After the collision, Snyder went off the left side of the road and overturned in a field.
DECEMBER 26, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
BUSTI, NY – A horse was killed after it was struck by a vehicle Monday evening in the town of Busti.
The crash occurred around 7:30 p.m. near the intersection of Kortwright and Big Tree roads. A Busti fire official said the horse was dead when crews arrived.
One person also reportedly sustained injuries in the crash, though the severity wasn’t known.
DECEMBER 14, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
EAU CLAIRE COUNTY, WI – The operator of an Amish buggy has been hospitalized after a collision with a semi truck in Eau Claire County Thursday.
The Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office said the truck was behind the buggy, and the driver was distracted while drinking an energy drink.
He rear-ended the buggy while going 55 mph, destroying the buggy. The sheriff said the buggy operator’s injuries were “significant.”
DECEMBER 14, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
PONTOTOC COUNTY, MS – No one was hurt when a vehicle clipped the wheel on an Amish buggy Thursday morning in Pontotoc County.
That’s according to Sheriff Leo Mask, who says the accident happened around 7 a.m. or 7:30 a.m. on Highway 341 a couple of miles south of Highway 9.
Mask says two people were in the buggy.
DECEMBER 12, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
WALNUT CREEK TWP, OH – A Sugarcreek man was injured when the horse-drawn buggy he was operating was struck by a pickup truck at the intersection of state Route 39 and County Road 114 on Dec. 2 at 11:08 p.m.
John L. Erb, 66, Township Road 162, was transported from the scene by an East Holmes Fire & EMS Co. emergency squad to Pomerene Hospital in Millersburg.
DECEMBER 12, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
WILLSHIRE, OH – An Amish family was injured Sunday evening when their horse-drawn buggy was struck by a van operated by a Wapakoneta man in western Van Wert County.
According to a spokesman for the Van Wert County Sheriff’s Office, a buggy driven by Marvin Schwartz, 28, of Decatur, Indiana, was traveling on state Route 49, north of state Route 81, at approximately 7:24 p.m. Sunday when it was struck by a vehicle driven by John Havill, 39, of Wapakoneta.
DECEMBER 12, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
LISBON, NY – State Police said one man was taken to a Vermont hospital after a car collided with an Amish buggy on State Route 68 in the town of Lisbon Monday evening.
The crash was reported to be around 6 pm.
DECEMBER 5, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
GRABILL, IN – A man riding in a horse and buggy was taken to a hospital in critical condition Tuesday morning after an SUV hit the buggy on Grabill Road in northeast Allen County.
The crash happened just after 7:30 a.m. near the intersection of Grabill Road and Page Road just west of Grabill. That intersection is closed.
DECEMBER 4, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
AMANDA, OH – Authorities say a car collided with a horse-drawn Amish buggy in central Ohio, sending at least four people to the hospital.
Investigators say children were among those hurt when the vehicles collided after nightfall Sunday on state Route 159 in Fairfield County near the village of Amanda, roughly 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of Columbus.
DECEMBER 4, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
CHILLICOTHE, OH – One person is dead and another critically injured following a crash on Route 32 in Pike County involving a horse and buggy on Sunday evening.
According to the Chillicothe Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a call was received by the Jackson Dispatch Center at 6:05 p.m. on Sunday, December 3, after a horse-drawn carriage driven eastbound by Korie N. Swarey, 17, of Waverly, was struck in the rear by a 2014 Ford F550, driven by Cody T. Green, 23, of Colton, New York, who was traveling east on Route 32.
DECEMBER 1, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
LANCASTER, PA – Two people were injured after a van rear-ended their horse-and-buggy in a Paradise Township crash late Thursday.
The buggy was traveling on the edge of the road in the 3300 block of Lincoln Highway East (Route 30) when it was struck from behind by a van, according to Paradise Fire Company Chief Pat Cosgrove.
The two, 17-year-old males in the buggy were hospitalized with injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening, Cosgrove said.
DECEMBER 1, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
STAPLES, MN – The 17-year-old boy who was driving a horse and buggy that was hit by a semi-truck in northern Todd County has died, the Minnesota State Patrol reported.
David Miller of Staples was driving the horse and buggy west on Highway 210 between Hewitt and Staples on Thursday, Nov. 30. A semi-truck driven by Douglas Calkins, 60, of Deerwood, also was westbound and rear-ended the horse and buggy.
NOVEMBER 29, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
OSWEGATCHIE, NY – An Amish man in his mid-20s is dead after a car collided with his buggy on Irish Settlement Road in the town of Oswegatchie late Wednesday afternoon.
St. Lawrence County Coroner Kevin Crosby said the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
State police investigators were still there as of late Wednesday night.
NOVEMBER 25, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
STRASBURG, PA – The 85-year old driver of a horse-drawn buggy has died after colliding with a pickup truck on a Pennsylvania roadway.
State police said Elam King died in the Friday morning crash in Lancaster County, about 65 miles (105 kilometers) west of Philadelphia.
NOVEMBER 23, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
VIROQUA, WI – A woman was injured when the pickup truck she was riding in struck a horse-drawn buggy Wednesday afternoon south of Viroqua.
The Vernon County Sheriff’s Office said around 5 p.m. a pickup driven by Michael L. Welsh, 59, of rural Readstown was headed south on Highway 27 in the Town of Franklin when it hit an Amish horse and buggy. Welsh said he didn’t see the buggy before the crash.
NOVEMBER 21, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
TOWN OF JEFFERSON, WI – A Viroqua man is accused of fleeing after striking an Amish buggy with his tanker truck Thursday afternoon in the Monroe County town of Jefferson.
Jacob Ketelsen, 29, was driving west on Hwy. 33 about 4:45 p.m. when he struck the buggy driven by Ruben Miller, 49, of Cashton, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department. The injured horse was euthanized.
NOVEMBER 19, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
TOPEKA, IN – Police say an 11-year-old boy was hit and killed by a vehicle in LaGrange County, according to our reporting partners at the Goshen News.
The driver was identified Monday as Eva Kurtz.
The LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department says Kurtz was driving east on County Road 400 South, just west of County Road 700 around 6PM on Friday.
NOVEMBER 15, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
MADOC, ONTARIO – A man has been charged following an investigation into a collision Monday between an Amish buggy and a pickup truck in Madoc, about 90 kilometres east of Peterborough.
The pickup collided with the buggy on Slab Street near Douglas Road, just east of Madoc, at about 5:30 p.m. Monday, flipping the buggy and ejecting the passengers, Central Hastings OPP said.
NOVEMBER 13, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
HARTLY, DELAWARE – The Delaware State Police is investigating a crash that occurred earlier this morning involving a horse and buggy, according Public Information Officer, Master Corporal Melissa Jaffe.
Jaffe said the incident occurred around 7:21 a.m. Monday, November 13, 2017 as a 25-year-old female from Hartly was operating a 2014 Chevrolet Equinox southbound on Pearsons Corner Road just South of Yoder Drive. A horse and buggy driven by a 51-year-old man from Dover was traveling directly in front of the Equinox and was subsequently struck in the rear. The horse fled the scene, however was located uninjured on a nearby farm.
NOVEMBER 10, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
WEXFORD COUNTY, MI – A 9-year-old boy is taken to the hospital by medical helicopter after emergency crews say the Amish buggy he was riding in was involved in a crash Friday morning.
A first responder at the scene tells UpNorthLive.com a semi-tractor trailer swerved to miss the buggy but hit the horse causing the buggy to flip over, pinning the 9-year-old underneath.
OCTOBER 29, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
SHERIDAN, MI – At least three children were killed and six other people were critically injured after a driver in a pickup truck slammed into a horse-drawn buggy early Sunday in central Michigan, officials said.
The crash took place around 8:34 a.m. in Sheridan, located about 45 miles northeast of Grand Rapids, Fox 17 reported.
Michigan State Police told Fox 17 the pickup was traveling eastward when it struck the buggy and “demolished it.”
OCTOBER 24, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
MARKESAN, WI – Green Lake County authorities are looking for a dark colored or possibly green SUV that struck a horse drawn Amish buggy Saturday afternoon just before 5 p.m. It happened on Hilltop Road. The buggy had two occupants and they were attempting to turn right into a private driveway when they were struck from behind. The right front headlamp or fender of the SUV would be damaged from the collision. Anyone with information is asked to call the Green Lake County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-438-8436. You can also text GETTHEM at 847411.
OCTOBER 23, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
LIMA, OH – The investigation into two fatal crashes from last weekend are close to completion.
The first crash occurred Friday October 13 when a car being driven by Kyle Burnett turned into the path of an eastbound motorcycle being operated on State Route 81 by Joel Hauenstein, of Ada. Hauenstein passed away at Lima Memorial Hospital.
OCTOBER 21, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
WEBSTER COUNTY, MO – According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a truck hit a buggy Saturday around 7:45 p.m.
Officers reported the crash occurred in the Westbound lanes of Highway 60 NN in Webster County.
Two people in the buggy refused treatment, officials said, and no one was transported for injuries.
OCTOBER 18, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
SHIPSHEWANA, IN – A LaGrange County man was hospitalized and another was arrested after a crash in the county on Tuesday.
LaGrange County Sheriff’s deputies and medics were called just before 4 p.m. Tuesday in the 500 block of South 600 West, southeast of Shipshewana, on a report of a crash between a vehicle and a buggy.
OCTOBER 10, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
OSWEGATCHIE, NY – St. Lawrence County sheriff’s deputies are requesting help with finding a car involved in a collision with an Amish buggy, which happened around 11:40 a.m. Monday on State Highway 184, near the Losurdo Cheese Plant.
The car, which may be a grey or silver Chevrolet Impala made in the last 10 years, drove west and has passenger-side damage.
OCTOBER 9, 2017 – (Motorcycle-buggy Crash)
WEST SALEM, OH – The Ohio Highway Patrol and Town & Country Fire Department along with Town & Country EMS responded to a Motorcycle versus Amish buggy accident around 7:15 p.m. Sunday night on State Route 301 between West Salem and I-71.
Bradley Perkins, 47, of West Salem was riding a 2006 Victory Kingpin Motorcycle Southbound on State Route 301 when he struck an Amish buggy in the rear causing his motorcycle to go off the left side of the highway.
OCTOBER 6, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
WHITEFIELD, MAINE – A sport utility vehicle rear-ended a horse-and-buggy on East River Road in Whitefield on Wednesday morning, causing damage to both vehicles but no injuries.
George C. Bronn, 40, of Whitefield, was driving a 2007 Chevrolet SUV north on East River Road at the time of the incident, according to Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy Kevin Dennison. Henry Miller, 24, of Whitefield, was operating a horse and buggy north on East River Road in front of Bronn.
OCTOBER 2, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
LAGRANGE COUNTY, IN – A Shipshewana man was arrested after police said he was drunk when he rear-ended a buggy on a LaGrange County roadway Saturday evening.
Police and medics were called around 6:40 p.m. Saturday to North C.R. 1000 West near Shipshewana on a report of a crash that involved a car and buggy. According to a LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department report, 21-year-old Kevin Eugene Miller was headed northbound in a gray Chevrolet Avalanche when he rear-ended a northbound buggy.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
CAMERON, MO – Update on accident involving buggy on Highway D:
According to the Missouri Highway Patrol Crash Report, Thursday morning September 28, Glen Seger,53 of Hamilton was traveling Eastbound on Highway D when he stuck a horse drawn buggy from behind.
The buggy was being driven by Abraham Bontrager, 10, of Kidder. Also in the buggy were: Allen Bontrager 8; Susan Bontrager, 11, Jemina Miller, 13, Lydia Miller, 15, and Susie Miller, 11.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
The bright yellow highway signs warning that horse-drawn buggies are sharing the road aren’t enough to prevent all accidents. With Amish communities expanding and automobile speeds increasing, collisions between cars and buggies are all too common.
For example, Delaware State Police are investigating the death of man and serious injuries to his wife following a hit and run crash on August 31, 2017. The Dover Post reported that 55-year-old Ervin Miller was driving a horse-drawn buggy when he tried to turn left into a store. A car hit the buggy, throwing Miller and his 55-year-old wife onto the road.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
SALT CREEK TOWNSHIP, OH – Five people were taken to area hospitals this morning when the buggy in which they were riding was struck by a car that had attempted to pass it on the crest of a hill in Holmes County.
According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Levi Wengerd, 29, of Millersburg, and his four passengers were northbound in the buggy on state Route 241, north of County Road 189 at 9:32 a.m. when a car driven by Tina D. Yutzy, 20, of Millerburg, attempted to pass in a no-passing zone.
Yutzy’s car swerved back into the northbound lane to avoid oncoming traffic in the southbound lane and struck the buggy.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
SHIPSHEWANA, IN – Police reopened State Road 120 at State Road 5 Thursday afternoon after a horse buggy and truck crash.
That’s just north of Shipshewana.
It appears the buggy was hit. A viewer said the buggy was destroyed.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
Upper Leacock Township, PA – Four people were seriously injured when their buggy was hit from the rear by a car Monday morning in Upper Leacock Township.
The accident occurred at 9:52 a.m. on Snake Hill Road, just north of Windy Tor Road, according to East Lampeter police Lt. Rob Eachus.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
BROWN TOWNSHIP, PA – Two people are in the hospital after a truck crashed into a horse and buggy in Mifflin County.
It happened on Route 655 around 7 p.m. Sunday night
Police told us both passengers in the buggy were thrown out. One was taken to the hospital in Lewistown the other was flown to Altoona.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
NEW WILMINGTON, PA – Three members of an Amish family whose buggy was hit in New Wilmington on Thursday night were treated at UPMC Jameson Hospital.
According to the New Wilmington police Department report, Mary B. Shaffer, 71, of Greenville, told officers she was westbound on West Neshannock Avenue, New Wilmington, about 9 p.m. Thursday when she struck an Amish buggy as she turned onto South New Castle Street She told officers she never saw the buggy until she struck it, did not observe flashing lights and that she had the green light.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
HARTLY, DE – Delaware State Police are investigating the death of an Amish man and serious injuries to his wife following a hit and run crash near Hartly.
Delaware State Police spokesman Master Cpl. Gary Fournier said the crash took place at 8:05 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31, at the corner of Halltown Road (Route 8) and Hartly Road.
AUGUST 27, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
PINEGROVE TOWNSHIP, PA – Authorities are searching for a driver who crashed into an Amish buggy in Pinegrove Township on Sunday night.
It happened around 8:35 p.m. on State Highway 157.
State police say a vehicle traveling east on the road crashed into an Amish buggy and then continued driving.
AUGUST 26, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
HELENA, NY – Three people suffered minor injuries but a horse had to be euthanized after a car struck a horse-drawn piece of Amish farm equipment Friday.
Helena rescue crews and state police were the first to report to the scene of the crash, which occurred when a car eastbound on St. Lawrence County Route 37 rear-ended the horse-drawn rake and rolled into a ditch, according to Helena Rescue Chief Steve Wilson. None of the victims was taken to the hospital, though the two boys on the rake suffered “some scrapes and bruises” and were treated on site.
AUGUST 22, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
EVERGREEN TWP, MI – A Snover couple in their 70s were thrown from a horsedrawn buggy late Friday afternoon when police say a car driver failed to brake in time and struck the buggy.
The passenger of the buggy, 73-year-old Ida Troyer, was airlifted from the crash scene to a Saginaw County hospital, said Sanilac County Undersheriff Brad Roff.
AUGUST 22, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
KNOX COUNTY, OH – A Fredericktown woman was in stable condition Tuesday morning and two other Amish residents were hospitalized after their buggy was rear-ended Monday night in Knox County.
Emma M. Yoder, 44, was flown to Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center with life-threatening injuries following the crash, according to the Mount Gilead post of the State Highway Patrol.
AUGUST 21, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
SANILAC COUNTY, MI – Three people were hurt and a horse died from its injuries after a buggy crash in Sanilac County.
It happened about 4:35 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 18 on Germania Road near Robinson Road in Evergreen Township.
Investigators said a one-horse buggy driven by 77-year-old Eli Troyer of Snover was heading southbound on Germania Road with his passenger, 73-year-old Ida Troyer, when a 2016 Chevy Malbu hit the rear of the buggy.
AUGUST 21, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
HENDERSON TOWNSHIP, PA – One person was killed as a result of a crash involving two vehicles and a horse-drawn carriage Saturday in Huntingdon County, police said.
Police said the crash occurred at 4:54 a.m. along William Penn Highway in Henderson Township.
According to a police report, one vehicle was traveling west when it hit the rear end of the buggy. The vehicle then crossed over into the eastbound lane of traffic before exiting the roadway and going through the parking lot of a Kwik Fill convenience store.
AUGUST 18, 2017 – (Motorcycle-buggy Crash)
ONTARIO, CANADA – The motorcyclist killed Thursday morning in a collision near Linwood has been identified as Paul Willfong, 31, of Perth County.
The motorcycle involved had been stolen in Perth County.
Speed is considered the main factor in the collision between the motorcycle and a horse-drawn buggy, but toxicology tests are being conducted, said Waterloo Regional Police spokesperson Cherri Greeno.
AUGUST 17, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
FREMONT, IN — A Michigan teen was airlifted from the scene of a Wednesday evening crash and a Fremont man was arrested for allegedly operating while intoxicated.
At around 9:30 p.m., a car driven by Brady Duvendack, 22, rear ended a horse-drawn carriage on Ray Road, south of C.R. 750N. All four occupants of the carriage were ejected.
AUGUST 15, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
BELMONT COUNTY, OH – Four people were taken to the hospital today after a van crashed into an Amish buggy.
It happened on Sandy Ridge Road in Belmont County. According to state highway patrol, a van rear-ended an Amish buggy after failing to notice it on the road. Those inside the van were not injured, but the four people inside the buggy were taken to the hospital with what officials say are non-life-threatening injuries. Residents hope drivers will pay more attention to the Amish when on the roads.
AUGUST 14, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
LOOGOOTEE, IN – A Sunday night accident in northeastern Daviess County involving a car and a buggy sent one person to the hospital and set off a multiple-county search that led to the arrest of one man.
The Daviess County Sheriff’s Department has not completed the report but says the accident happened at 7:50 p.m. Sunday at 6565 N. CR 1200E. Deputies, firefighters and an ambulance responded to the scene where a car had struck a buggy and left four people with injuries. The sheriff’s activity report shows that three of those people were treated at the scene. The fourth was taken by ambulance to Jasper Memorial Hospital.
AUGUST 3, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
WOOSTER, OH – Police in Ohio are searching for the driver who hit an Amish buggy, injuring a child and four others, before fleeing the scene.
Cleveland.com reports the crash happened Wednesday night in Wayne County. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says the buggy was knocked off the side of the road into a ditch.
AUGUST 2, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
ELMIRA, ONTARIO – Two horses became spooked and broke free from the buggy they were pulling in Elmira Wednesday afternoon, police say.
After breaking free, one horse was hit by a car. The other horse was hit by a pickup truck.
AUGUST 2, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
WEST SALEM, OH – The State Highway Patrol is seeking the public’s help in finding the driver of what is believed to be a champagne-colored 2001 Honda Accord involved in a wreck with a horse-drawn buggy that caused at least one serious injury on Congress Road north of Ruff Road around 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Sgt. Todd Roberts said the buggy, carrying one adult and several children, was traveling southbound on state Route 539/Congress Road with the car behind it. The buggy was struck from behind, and the driver left the scene.
JULY 31, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
LA RUE, OH – A 62-year-old La Rue woman died Sunday after a car crashed into her horse and buggy outside of La Rue, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol.
Amanda M. Hopkins, 21, of La Rue, was driving a 2010 Honda CR-V north on Winnemac Pike south of Allen Road about 5:30 p.m. Sunday when she hit a northbound horse and buggy driven by Mary D. Petescheim, 62, of La Rue, in the rear, according to a release from the patrol.
JULY 30, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
BARRINGTON, NY – Yates County Sheriff’s Deputies said they responded to a crash involving a car and a horse and buggy in the Town of Barrington around 4 p.m. on Saturday.
Deputies responded to State Route 14A near Ellis Road. The driver of the car was headed north when she struck the horse and buggy after it turned in front of her.
JULY 25, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
LANCASTER, PA – Five people were taken to Lancaster General Hospital this morning following a crash involving a horse and buggy at Route 340 and Meetinghouse Road in Salisbury Township, according to state police.
All five of the injured individuals were riding in a buggy when their vehicle collided with a white Chevy Malibu at the intersection of Old Philadelphia Pike and Meetinghouse Road, said James Spencer, Public Relations Trooper for the state police.
JULY 25, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Two people were injured Tuesday morning after an SUV rear-ended a horse buggy in central Minnesota, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
Authorities responded to the crash at about 6:44 a.m. on Highway 27 at Mile Post 104 in Little Sauk Township, which is south of Long Prairie. Officers learned a 2017 Chevy Silverado and horse buggy were both heading westbound on Highway 27 when the SUV failed to yield for the slower moving buggy and rear-ended it.
JULY 18, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
TOWN OF HANSEN, WI – Sheriff’s officials say one person has died and two others have been injured in a collision between an Amish buggy and an SUV in Wood County.
Sheriff’s Lt. Joe Zurfluh says the horse-drawn buggy was crossing Highway 73 near Vesper Monday night when it was struck by the SUV. Both people in the buggy were thrown out.
JULY 16, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
TOWN OF DARLINGTON, WI – A Sunday crash between a pickup truck and an Amish buggy in rural Lafayette County injured seven people, sheriff Reg Gill said in a news release.
The crash happened on the 13000 block of Highway 81 outside of Darlington.
JULY 11, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
ALLEN TOWNSHIP, MI — Officers with the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office responded to a one-vehicle collision with an Amish buggy at 11:35 p.m. Sunday.
Officers were dispatched to Jonesville Road near Thompson Road with a report of multiple injuries.
Harlin Miller, 64, of Quincy, and his passenger Janine Miller, 63, of Quincy, was eastbound on Jonesville Road when the horse jumped into the west bound lane and went through the Millers’ windshield.
JULY 6, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
SHELBY, OH – Six people, including four children, riding in a horse-drawn buggy were ejected and injured in a crash on Ohio 47 in Shelby County Thursday.
Deputies and medics from six Shelby County fire departments were dispatched to Ohio 47 just west of the Logan-Shelby County Line around 10:15 a.m. Thursday on a reported crash involving a car and buggy.
JULY 3, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
WESTBY, IL – Three people escaped serious injury in an accident on Sunday, June 25, in Westby, when an Amish horse and buggy traveling north on Main Street flipped after the horse was spooked by a southbound semi-tractor trailer causing the horse to bolt right, into a utility pole along the 300 block of Main Street.
Upon striking the utility pole in front of Premier Cooperative, the buggy flipped trapping three occupants inside, Marvin Schlabach, age 23; Ada Schlabach, age 23; and their 11-month-old daughter.
JUNE 26, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
ST. CROIZ COUNTY, WI – The Wisconsin State Patrol was investigating what led to a vehicle rear-ending an Amish buggy early Monday in a St. Croix County crash that left a teenager with life-threatening injuries.
The State Patrol reported the crash occurred at 12:38 a.m. on Highway 128 near Highway 12 in Wilson. According to a news release, a 2014 Honda Pilot was northbound on Highway 128 when it struck a horse-drawn buggy from behind, the impact from which threw at least one person from the carriage.
JUNE 9, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
FRYBURG, PA – A Fryburg man driving a horse and buggy was injured in a hit-and-run collision Tuesday evening on Route 157 in Washington Township, Clarion County.
Marienville state police said the crash occurred at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday when the horse and buggy driven by Mahlon Gingerich, 18, was struck from behind by a Ford F150 while both vehicles were headed east on Route 157. The driver of the truck fled the scene without stopping to make contact with Gingerich, police said.
JUNE 2, 2017 – (Car-buggy crash)
LANCASTER, PA – A woman was hospitalized after her buggy was hit by a vehicle in Ephrata Township Friday morning, police said.
The buggy and a vehicle driven by Micaela Sensenig, 18, of Ephrata, were reportedly headed east on Glenwood Drive at about 8:53 a.m. Sensenig attempted to pass the buggy, but swerved back into her lane due to oncoming traffic and struck the back of the buggy, causing it to overturn in the 700 block of Glenwood Drive, police said.
MAY 31, 2017 – (Car-buggy crash)
LARUE, KY – Three people were injured in a two vehicle collision in LaRue County on Wednesday, May 24 that involved an Amish buggy.
Jerry Whitehead, 38, was traveling north on US 31-W in a 2000 GMC Sierra when he came up on an Amish buggy driven by Joe Gingerich, 33 who was also traveling north on US 31-W with his six-year-old daughter and nine-year-old son. For unknown reasons, Whitehead’s vehicle struck the rear end of the buggy ejecting all three passengers.
MAY 30, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
BRADFORD, PA – A 9-year-old Spartansburg boy was killed when the Amish wagon he was driving was pulled by its horse into the path of a pickup truck at the intersection of Fish Flats, Fink, and Whitney roads.
The crash happened around 1:30 p.m., Tuesday. According to state police in Corry, four other children, ages 8, 7, 4, and 3, all of Spartansburg, all suffered “severe” injuries in the crash.
MAY 29, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
MEXICO, NY – Four people, including an infant, were injured when a car crashed into an Amish buggy in the town of Mexico this weekend.
State Police have charged Kenneth Nassoiy Jr. of Pulaski with DWI and vehicular assault following the accident on State Route 3.
Police say all three occupants in the buggy – two adults and an infant – were ejected when Nassoiy struck them from behind in his Jeep. The 3-month old child suffered multiple skull fractures and is being treated at SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, police said.
MAY 27, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
SWEGO COUNTY, N.Y. – Two people were rushed to the hospital by ambulance after a collision between a vehicle and a horse-and-buggy typically driven by the Amish, according to a 911 dispatcher.
The crash happened around 7:15 p.m. on Route 3 between Route 104B and Manwaring Road. The extent of the injuries was not immediately available, but two ambulances have transported victims from the scene, the dispatcher said.
MAY 23, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
NOBLE COUNTY, IN – Four people were hurt Tuesday afternoon when a semi rear-ended an SUV that had slowed for a horse-and-buggy along U.S. 6 in Noble County.
According to a Noble County Sheriff’s Department crash report, a 2007 Kia Sedona driven by 69-year-old Sherry Hurlbut of Ligonier was headed westbound on U.S. 6 when it came up on a horse-drawn buggy operated by 50-year-old Orlie Fry of Ligonier. Hurlnut slowed her Kia as she approached the buggy, but a 1992 Freightliner semi tractor-trailer driven by 38-year-old Jared Anderson of Minford, Ohio, did not see the slowed SUV and rear-ended it, the report said.
MAY 24, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
LARUE COUNTY, KY – Three members of an Amish family were sent to the hospital after a truck hit their buggy Wednesday morning.
It happened near the LaRue and Hardin County line on South Dixie Highway, not far from Interstate 65.
Kentucky State Police say a man and his two children were thrown out of the buggy.
MAY 23, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
LAWRENCE, PA – An Amish family appears to have escaped serious injury Tuesday morning when their buggy was hit by a motorist.
According to Pulaski Township police, the buggy driven by Saloma Byler, 23, of Topper Hill Road, was eastbound on Route 208 at 8:50 a.m. when it was hit from behind by the vehicle of Francis Mayberry, 84, of Bedford Road, Lowellville, Ohio, also eastbound. Officers said Mayberry said he had not seen the buggy.
Two children, ages 3 and 1, police said, “did not appear to have sustained injury.” However, all three were taken to UPMC Horizon Hospital in Farrell to be checked over.
MAY 23, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
INDEPENDENCE, IA – Two Amish teens pulled over to help the children and described the scene as “heartbreaking”.
Mark Detweilier says,”I saw a girl laying in the highway, the demolished buggy and a few other first responders, so we figured it was pretty bad. “Jonas Gingrich says, “It looked like one of the girls maybe flew about 50 feet.”
The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office says, the pickup truck driver, Justin Annis, 33, of Fairbank was driving southbound in a 1991 Chevrolet pickup truck when he struck an un-covered buggy being driven along the shoulder with four children in it.
MAY 17, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
GLADWIN, MI – The Gladwin County Sheriff’s Office is looking for tips to identify the driver of a vehicle that struck an Amish buggy Wednesday morning and left the scene.
The hit and run occurred about 7:50 a.m. on South Bard Road near Kerswill Road in Grout Township, according to a release from the sheriff’s office.
The driver of the involved vehicle did not stop and fled the scene traveling northbound on South Bard Road.
The passengers in the buggy were hurt in the crash.
MAY 16, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
LAWRENCEBURG, TN – Three vehicles and an Amish buggy were involved in a traffic accident Tuesday afternoon in Lawrenceburg. According to the Lawrenceburg Police Department, the teen driver of a pickup truck hit an Amish buggy from behind on Highway 43 north near Farm Credit Services.
MAY 10, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
ADAMS COUNTY, OH – Three people were injured when a car collided with an Amish buggy Wednesday afternoon.
The accident happened on southbound Ohio 136, north of Winchester shortly after 2 p.m.
“The Amish buggy and the driver were both southbound on SR 136. The other driver just didn’t see the buggy.
MAY 9, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
LAGRANGE COUNTY, IN – An 82-year-old man was hospitalized Tuesday afternoon after his horse and buggy was struck by a Jeep in LaGrange County.
Police and medics were called just after 4 p.m. Tuesday to U.S. 20 at C.R. 1200 West on a report of a crash that involved a vehicle and a horse and buggy.
MAY 3, 2017 (Motorcycle-buggy crash)
MILVETON, ONTARIO, CA – A motorcyclist is in hospital with critical injuries after a crash with a horse and buggy east of Milverton Wednesday night.
A horse-drawn carriage was turning onto Perth Road 124 from a driveway just after 7 p.m. when it was hit by the motorcycle.
The driver of the motorcycle, a 53-year-old Milverton man, was taken to a local hospital and later airlifted to London.
MAY 8, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
MAYFIELD, KY – No one was seriously injured when a vehicle struck an Amish buggy Monday morning in Mayfield. The vehicle rear-ended the buggy, ejecting the buggy’s three occupants, a father and two children. Mayfield EMS checked all three occupants but none were transported to the hospital.
The carriage was a total loss. It was loaded on a trailer and taken to the owner’s home.
APRIL 21, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
LOGAN COUNTY, OH – A local driver struck an Amish buggy on State Route 235 just north of State Route 47 Friday morning around 8:20.
The collision caused the buggy to overturn. Schwartz and his wife, Marie, 61, suffered minor injuries. They were treated at the scene by Riverside EMS.
APRIL 21, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
ASHLAND, OH – Ashland County Sheriff Deputy Hall said, in an interview Friday, “We received a tip today that someone had heard through the third person that the vehicle was seen in Cinnamon Lake shortly after the accident with what appeared to be fresh damage.” The suspect, Daniel Shankel, 24, of West Salem, admitted to investigators he was the person who hit the Amish Buggy.
APRIL 12, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
NEW LEBANON, PA – A Crawford County woman is under arrest for suspicion of DUI after State Police say her SUV rear-ended an Amish buggy, seriously injured two people from Sandy Lake.
Melvin Yoder, 54, and Lydia Yoder, 51, both of Sandy Lake, were thrown from the buggy and sustained serious injuries.
APRIL 10, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
HUBLERSBURG, PA – Two vehicles collided Monday in Hublersburg, leaving a horse dead.
At least two people were aboard the buggy and were treated for possible injuries.
The horse was taken from the scene with a skid-steer loader.
APRIL 2, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
SCHAEFFERSTOWN, PA – A crash Sunday night between a car and an animal injured three people and killed a horse.
“It was a loose horse out on the run,” Schaefferstown Volunteer Fire Co. Chief Nelson Leid said. “At this point we have no idea who the horse belonged to. Apparently it was crossing the road, and a car hit it, and then the car hit a pole.”
APRIL 2, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
BALTIC, OH – A woman who was a passenger in a buggy that was hit by a truck Sunday evening was treated for minor injuries at the scene, the Ohio Highway Patrol reported.
The 21-year-old Baltic man who was driving the truck was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, driving left-of-center, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants, marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.
MARCH 16, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
MT PLEASANT MI – Seven people, including two children under age 3, were hurt when a pickup truck hit an Amish buggy they were riding in Thursday morning, the second similar accident in mid-Michigan in two days.
Injured in the crash at 8:05 a.m. were seven members of the same family – four adult women, an adult man and the two children, Main said.
“The Amish buggy had been struck by a pickup truck that was traveling eastbound on Blanchard road,” Main said. “The buggy was completely destroyed in the accident.”
MARCH 10, 2017 (Train-buggy crash)
ABBOTSTOWN, PA – Authorities say an Amtrak train struck a runaway horse and buggy in Lancaster County, but no one aboard the train was injured.
The empty buggy reportedly got stuck on the tracks Friday night in the area of Rail Road Avenue and Route 30 in Paradise Township.
MARCH 12, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
HARDIN, OH – Four members of an Amish family were injured after the horse drawn buggy they were on was struck by a car Sunday.
According to information from the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office, the crash occurred around 8 Sunday evening on State Route 31 near Township Road 206. Four members of the Raber family were transported to Hardin Memorial Hospital for treatment of non life threatening injuries.
MARCH 3, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
ASHLAND, OH – A second Amish woman involved in an accident on March 3 involving a PT Cruiser and an Amish buggy has died as a result of injuries she sustained in the crash.
Anna Miller, 48, died Wednesday afternoon in the hospital five days after she was taken by helicopter to Akron City Hospitals. Her daughter, Lovina Miller, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
MARCH 3, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
ASHLAND, OH – One woman is dead and three others are injured after a crash involving an Amish buggy and a car in Ashland County on Friday afternoon.
According to Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers, a PT Cruiser and an Amish buggy were both headed northbound on US 42 in Ashland County’s Jackson Township around 3:30 p.m.
MARCH 1, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
LAWRENCE, PA – A horse was killed after it was hit by a jeep in Lawrence County on Wednesday afternoon.
The horse had gotten loose while still attached to an Amish buggy and was running in the road near Old Mercer Road and Route 208 in Wilmington Township around 4 p.m. The SUV struck the horse and buggy, killing the animal instantly.
MARCH 1, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
GREENWICH, OH – Four people were injured when a pickup struck the back of a horse-drawn buggy Wednesday on Ohio 13 near the Richland-Huron county line.
Gary Polachek, 39, of Greenwich, was southbound on Ohio 13 in a white 2005 Ford truck. Norman Brubaker, 32, of Greenwich was southbound on Ohio 13 in a horse-drawn black Amish buggy. Polachek struck the buggy in the rear, pushing it into the ditch, according to the patrol.
FEBRUARY 20, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
LOGAN, KY – An Amish buggy was hit this morning on 431 South, right before the Oakville turn-off at approximately 8 a.m. A Miller from Auburn was turning the buggy into a work-site when the buggy was hit by Mike Graham, who was passing at the time. Miller was taken to Greenview Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The highway was shut down for approximately one hour while crews cleared debris.
FEBRUARY 12, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
MCINTIRE, IA – The rural community of McIntire, Iowa is rallying around an Amish family involved in a tragic crash Sunday night.
The Petersheim family–Father, Mother and five children–were riding in their horse-drawn buggy about 9:40 p.m. Sunday when they were rear-ended by a car on Mitchell County Road A-23. A neighbor says they were only a few hundred feet from their driveway when it happened.
The father, Ura Petersheim, 47, was airlifted by Mayo One to Saint Marys in Rochester in critical condition. The neighbor, who preferred not to be named, said he has a severe head injury and is heavily sedated.
FEBRUARY 15, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
SALEM, IN – A horse was killed in an accident Tuesday night on State Road 56 East after an Amish buggy and motor vehicle collided at the intersection of State Road 56 and the bypass.
The Amish buggy was traveling east on State Road 56 approaching the bypass at the same time a 4-door Chevrolet Colorado was approaching the intersection in the other direction.
FEBRUARY 11, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
WINONA, MN – A Dover, Minn., man faces multiple charges following a rear-end collision with a horse and buggy Saturday.
The horse and buggy, driven by a 32-year-old Amish man, was traveling west on Co. Rd. 35 near St. Charles when a white car approached from behind and slammed into the rear of the buggy, sending it into the ditch. The car, which suffered significant front-end damage, according to Winona County Sheriff Ron Ganrude, continued without stopping, then turned onto Park Road.
FEBRUARY 12, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
MCINTIRE, IA – One person is severely injured and six others are hurt after a car collided with an Amish carriage in Mitchell County.
The Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office says it happened around 9:40 pm Sunday on County Road A-23, about 2 miles west of McIntire. The Amish carriage was struck from behind by the car driven by 34-year-old Marshall Peters of Toeterville.
FEBRUARY 3, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
POLK, OH – The Ohio Highway Patrol, Ashland Sheriff’s Department and Polk Fire Department with Polk EMS, responded to the intersection of State Route 604 and Ashland County Road 175 for a vehicle versus Amish buggy accident. The accident took place Friday, February 3, 2017, before noon.
Robert Phillips, 50, of Hayesville, was driving eastbound on State Route 604 in a 2004 Toyota Sienna van. Anna Weaver, 63, of Homerville, was operating a horse-drawn Amish buggy, going southbound on County Road 175 when she crossed State Route 604. There were no other passengers in the buggy.
FEBRUARY 3, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
LAWRENCEBURG, TN – An Amish buggy and a tractor-trailer crashed on State Highway 43 in Lawrence County.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol confirmed they worked the accident Friday.
The operator of the buggy was hurt and transported to Maury Regional Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
FEBRUARY 3, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
CONEWANGO, NY – The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s office says an Amish teen was killed in a buggy accident Friday morning.
Sheriff’s deputies say the 14-year-old boy and his father were on a logging rig being pulled by horses on Northeast Road.
JANUARY 31, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
Deerfield, NY -An Amish buggy crashed into a utility pole earlier today in the town of Deerfield in Oneida County after the horses pulling it became unhooked from the buggy, police said.
The buggy began sliding on the snow-covered road and hit the pole, according to Oneida County sheriff’s deputies.
JANUARY 22, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
TUSCARAWAS COUNTY, OH – Two Amish buggies and a car were involved in a crash in Tuscarawas County Sunday morning, sending 8 people to area hospitals.
It happened at Chestnut Road Road and Lawnfield Road in Wayne Township at 8 a.m.
The Ohio State Patrol reports that a Jeep was traveling east on Chestnut Ridge Road when it crossed left of center, hitting the buggies head on. Both drivers and all the passengers in the buggies were ejected. The Jeep drove off the road and eventually stopped in a wooded area.
JANUARY 17, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
WALNUT CREEK, OH – Additional charges are pending against the driver of a buggy who pulled into the path of a car on Jan. 17, causing fatal injuries to its 74-year-old driver.
Joyce M. Morris, of Sugarcreek, died Friday, at Summa Akron City Hospital from injuries sustained in the crash near Walnut Creek, according to her obituary.
JANUARY 17, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
WALNUT CREEK, OH – A 74-year-old Sugarcreek woman sustained a severe head injury when she hit a horse-drawn buggy that pulled in front of her late Tuesday morning, according to the State Highway Patrol.
The driver of the buggy, 75-year-old Robert S. Coblentz, of Sugarcreek, was cited for failure to yield the right-of-way at the stop sign, said Lt. Stephanie Norman of the Wooster patrol post.
January 18, 2017 (Car-buggy crash)
LORAIN COUNTY, OH – The passenger of an Amish buggy and the horse pulling it both died this morning on Route 58 when a truck hit the buggy, ejecting both occupants.
The passenger of the buggy, Jon Swartzentruber, 25, of Homerville, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lorain County Coroner’s Office. The horse was also killed as a result of the collision, said Lt. Carlos Smith of the Ohio State Patrol.
JANUARY 15, 2017 – (Car-buggy Crash)
PERTH EAST, ONTARIO, CA — Police say a 74-year-old man has died after a car collided with a horse-drawn buggy in the Township of Perth East, Ont.
Ontario Provincial Police say all four people in the buggy were injured in the crash, which happened at about 8:30 a.m. Sunday.
December 30, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
MOUNT VERNON, OH – This Amish buggy, a crane truck and pickup truck were involved in a crash in Waterford about 7:30 a.m. today.
One minor injury was reported. Waterford Road was a little bit slippery with ice that may have contributed to the crash. The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating. No further details were available at press time.
2016 Buggy Accidents
December 25, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
MILVERTON, ONTARIO, CA – A teenager is in critical condition following a crash on Christmas involving a horse and buggy.
All four occupants of the horse-drawn buggy were transported to an area hospital by ambulance for treatment. Passengers in the car were uninjured. Police say a 17-year-old is in critical but stable condition.
December 25, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP, PA – One person was taken to the hospital after a horse and buggy and car crashed in Lancaster County on Sunday, according to a report from WGAL.
The Christmas collision occurred around 10 p.m., at Mount Sidney and Hartman Station roads in East Lampeter Township.
December 7, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
DIGGINS, MO – A truck hit an Amish buggy about a mile north of Diggins about 4:40 p.m., ejecting but not injuring the driver.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the crash was at the top of a hill on Highway A at Chestnut Road. The truck hit the back of the buggy. A trooper says the driver swerved but still clipped the buggy, which is totaled.
November 30, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
Stark County, OH – Troopers from the Ohio Highway Patrol are investigating a crash that left a Canton man in serious condition at Akron General Medical Center.
Troopers report that Dennis D. Shonk, 65, of Canton, was driving a 2004 Ford Ranger northbound on SR 241 when he slid off the left side of the roadway while attempting to avoid contact with an Amish buggy, driven by Eli Hershberger, of Massillon, that was northbound.
November 20, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
ALLEN COUNTY, IN – A series of crashes in northeast Allen County tied up emergency responders for several hours Sunday night. All three involved horse and buggies.
The most serious of the crashes happened on State Road 37 and Notestine Road around 8:30 p.m. Sunday. The Allen County Sheriff’s Department confirmed two people were killed and one person was hospitalized in critical condition.
November 7, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NY – At approximately 6:43 this morning, a buggy operated by 18-yearold Sammie Yoder of Dekalb and 21-year-old Eli Zook of Brier Hill was traveling south on County Route 15 when it was hit from behind by a 2003 GMC Sierra driven by 28-year-old Ryan Garno of Rensselaer Falls.
November 4, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
LANCASTER, PA – A 75-year-old Lancaster County woman was taken to the hospital after a car and a horse and buggy collided Friday morning.
New Holland police said the buggy driver, 76-year-old Melvin Burkholder, was at fault for the 8:54 a.m. accident. Burkholder was traveling out on Frys Road in Earl Township when he steered his rig into the path of a car driven by Anita Smith.
November 3, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
CHATSWORTH, ONTARIO, CA– A 17-year-old Grey County driver is charged with careless driving after a vehicle collided with a horse and buggy on Highway 6 in Chatsworth Township. The Hyundai Elantra struck the rear end of a horse and buggy.
November 6, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
KENTON, OH – According to information gathered at the scene, at approximately 7:10 PM Sunday evening an Amish buggy was traveling East on State Route 309 Near Township Road 235 and was attempting to turn into a driveway on the North side of the roadway. Multiple injuries were reported due to the crash.
October 28, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
ELKHART, IN – A Goshen man was injured when the horse-drawn buggy he was driving was struck from behind at Ind. 13 and Ind. 4 at 3:22 p.m. Friday.
A 2008 Dodge four-door driven by Darson W. Carter, 23, Millersburg, was also southbound on Ind. 13, directly behind the buggy and was traveling at a high rate of speed, police said.
October 26, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
MIDDLEVILLE, N.Y. – An accident between a vehicle and a horse and buggy occurred in Middleville Wednesday morning.
The accident caused a back wheel of the buggy to fall off and a front wheel to be damaged with spokes missing.
October 24, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
EAU CLAIR COUNTY, WI – One person was injured Monday afternoon when a pickup truck struck a team of horses pulling an agricultural implement in Eau Claire County.
Clemens Borntrager, 28, was taken by ambulance to Mayo Clinic Health System – Oakridge in Osseo with undetermined injuries.
October 23, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
GREENS FORK, IN – A buggy went into a ditch Sunday morning after being struck from the rear by a car. Amanda Phillips of Greens Fork told investigators there was extreme glare from the sun and she did not see the buggy traveling in front of her before striking it from the rear.
The buggy was operated by Henry King of New Castle, and his wife, Annie King, was a passenger.
October 21, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
BEAVERTON, MI – An Amish Buggy was nearly destroyed when it was rear-ended by a pickup truck last Friday on Beaverton Road. Three Amish women were hospitalized with injuries.
A driver, reportedly distracted by spilled coffee, rear-ended an Amish buggy on Beaverton Road near Clarwin Avenue October 14 injuring three people in the buggy.
October 16, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
INDIANA COUNTY, PA – An Amish teen was seriously injured in a crash that occurred on State Route 954, in West Mahoning Township, Indiana County.
Police say Davis was traveling too fast for conditions, and his car struck the rear of the wagon. The wagon spun 180 degrees clockwise, and the 14-year-old operator was thrown from the vehicle.
October 12, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
SHREVE OH – A Shreve man was killed Wednesday morning in a two-vehicle accident on U.S. Route 250 at Jefferson Road. James H. Swires, 54, was traveling northbound on Jefferson in a 1997 Ford F-250, passed a horse-drawn buggy and failed to stop at the stop.
October 14, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
HOLMES COUNTY, OH – The Amish driver of an open-top buggy and his horse were hit by a pickup truck and killed early Friday morning on Holmes County Road 160, in Paint Township, authorities report.
Roy A. Mast, 33, of Millersburg, was pronounced dead at the scene.
October 14, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
BEAVERTON, MI – Police have confirmed a case of distracted driving which resulted in an Amish buggy accident that occurred just before 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 14. The passengers of the buggy sustained multiple injuries.
Witness to the accident described a brutal full speed crash, which left the buggy in rubble.
October 6, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
INDIANA COUNTY, PA – A three-week-old female infant was ejected from a horse and buggy yesterday morning during a collision that occurred along Route 954, in North Mahoning Township, Indiana County.
Glare from the sun reportedly interfered with Poling’s ability to see clearly, which caused his 2002 Chevrolet Malibu to strike the rear end of Miller’s horse and buggy.
October 6, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
NEWTON, ON, CA – A horse and buggy crash near in Newton led to serious injuries for a Perth East man.
The horse got spooked, ran into oncoming traffic and was then hit by a car.
September 26, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
VERNON, WI – A rural Viroqua man was taken to the hospital Monday morning after the Amish buggy he was operating was hit from behind by a vehicle.
Joseph Keim, 32, was going east in the horse-drawn buggy when Nicholas Tollefson, 36, of rural Viroqua, drove into the rear of the buggy.
September 22, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
HARMONY, NY – Chautauqua County Sheriff Deputies are continuing an investigation into a fatal crash that took place late Thursday afternoon involving a vehicle and an Amish buggy.
The operator of the Amish Buggy, identified as Henry Koffman Jr, was pronounced dead at the scene scene.
September 19, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
LIME SPRINGS, IA – A Lime Springs man died when the horse-drawn buggy he was driving was struck by a car Monday evening in Howard County.
John Borntreger, 57, died at Regional Health Services of Howard County.
September 16, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
LAGRANGE COUNTY, IN – Five people were sent to the hospital after a buggy crash on Friday afternoon.The three children suffered minor injuries. The man complained of back pain and the woman of foot pain.
The driver of the Escort was charged with driving while suspended. Police estimate the property damage at $10,000.
September 12, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
MECOSTA COUNTY, MI — Three family members in an Amish buggy were ejected when the buggy was hit from behind by a car. All three, the father, 35, mother, 34, and one-year-old son were taken to the hospital.
The driver of the car told Mecosta County Sheriff deputies that he was southbound on the road when he crested a hill and the southbound buggy was in the middle of the road.
September 13, 2016 (Truck-buggy crash)
GLADWIN, MI– Tuesday, Sept. 13 at approximately 8:45 a.m., deputies from the Gladwin County Sheriff Department responded to a personal injury accident involving an Amish buggy and Republic Waste Services refuse truck.
The Amish buggy was occupied by the Bontrager family, an adult male, adult female, and juvenile male, from the Gladwin Amish community.
September 12, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
MECOSTA, MI – Mecosta County deputies say an Amish family of three is in the hospital after a car crashed into their buggy.
A Morley man driving a car says he was at the top of a hill going south and the buggy was in the middle of the road.
September 5, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
BELMONT, WI – An Amish buggy was totaled when a driver from southwest Wisconsin rear-ended it on Labor Day.
As Richardson was coming to the top of a hill, his vision was obscured by the setting sun. Richardson’s vehicle then collided with the back end of a buggy travelling on the same road.
August 31, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
ANDERSON, IN – A Yorktown man is accused of fleeing the scene of a Wednesday night accident that saw his pickup truck strike the rear of a horse-drawn buggy.
Madison County authorities said two occupants of the buggy – Stacy Scott, 65, who is the principal at Liberty Christian High School, and Darby Goyer, 18 – were thrown from the vehicle after it was struck by the truck driven by Jason Eugene Moore, 37.
August 26, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
HEUVELTON, N.Y. — Joseph A. Miller, 40 and Susan J. Miller, 9, both of Lovejoy Road, Oswegatchie, were occupants of the horse-drawn buggy when it was struck from the rear by a Jeep Cherokee being operated by Macy L. Richardson, 20, of Heuvelton.
The horse was killed in the crash.
August 22, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
MILLBANK, ON, CANADA – Three people were hurt and a horse had to be euthanized after a car hit a horse-drawn buggy north of Millbank.
Police say a northbound Honda Civic neared the buggy and suddenly swerved towards it. The car hit the back of the buggy, shattering it on impact.
August 21, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
CLARE COUNTY, MI – A man and five children were injured after deputies say a vehicle ran into the rear end of an Amish buggy.
Deputies say a 38-year-old Amish man and five children that were on the wagon were all injured in the crash. The injuries ranged from scrapes to possible fractures and head injuries.
August 6, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
INDIANA COUNTY, PA – State police are searching for the driver whose car smashed into an Amish buggy late Saturday afternoon along McCormick Road in West Mahoning Township.
Police say the two occupants of the buggy, 55-year-old John Miller and his 57-year-old wife, Kathryn, were both ejected, but each suffered only minor injuries. They did not require medical treatment.
August 7, 2016 (Buggy Crash)
GRAVES COUNTY, KY – A 7 year-old boy was thrown from an Amish buggy after it was hit by a car in Graves County.
Deputies say a 17 year-old was driving westbound on St. Rt. 944 around 4:30pm Sunday. He told deputies when he topped the hill, he saw the buggy and tried to swerve around it, but the passenger side fender of the vehicle hit the side of the buggy.
August 3, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
ZELIENOPLE, PA – A buggy split into pieces Wednesday after being rear-ended in a Jackson Township crash that did not appear to result in life-threatening injuries.
A black Chevrolet Camaro driven by a Lebanon-area man crested a hill while driving south near 164 N. Ramona Road when he struck the buggy from behind.
August 2, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, MI – An elderly Amish man was taken by Aero Med helicopter to a Grand Rapids hospital for treatment after the buggy he was driving was hit by a truck driven by a 16 year old neighbor boy.
Community members identify the Amish man as church elder Ervin Miller.
July 26, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
GEAUGA COUNTY, OH – A 12-year-old boy was seriously injured after the buggy he was operating collided with a car.
Burton Volunteer Fire Department responded to the accident. The boy was flown by Metro Life Flight helicopter unit to Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital with serious injuries.
July 21, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
LAGRANGE, IN – Two teenagers were hospitalized after a buggy crash in LaGrange County. The car hit the side of the buggy.
July 20, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
CHAUTAUQUA, NY – One person was airlifted after a motor vehicle rear-ended an Amish buggy on Cherry Hill Road today around 3:30 p.m.
July 17, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
ELK LICK, WV – Seven members of an Amish family were injured – at least three of them seriously – when their buggy was hit by a car Sunday morning in Elk Lick Township, responders said.
Crews arrived at the scene to find the buggy “torn apart” on Route 669 and quickly had to call for medical helicopters from three states to carry a 33-year-old man and two children to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia.
July 14, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
GLASGOW, KY – Two people were injured and another arrested Thursday evening after a pickup truck struck an Amish buggy in the 9000 block of Tompkinsville Road, according to a Barren County Sheriff’s Office press release.
Ira Borntreger, 41, and Laura Borntreger, 45, both of Glasgow, were ejected from the buggy and were transported from the scene to T.J. Samson Community Hospital for treatment of injuries suffered in the accident.
July 11, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
ASHLAND, OH – A car versus Amish buggy accident in Ashland County resulted in two people being transported to the hospital on Monday.
July 9, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
MECHANICSVILLE, MD – A crash involving a car and a horse-drawn buggy injured seven people.
The buggy was on the shoulder of westbound Maryland Route 6, and the car was traveling in the same direction, when the buggy attempted to turn left on to Culver Lane and the car collided with it, according to The Bay Net.
July 8, 2016 (Buggy crash)
GREENLAKE, WI – Sheriff’s deputies said a horse ran from the scene of an Amish buggy crash in the Township of Kingston Friday evening.
The horse-drawn buggy was heading westbound on County Highway B, near County Highway H with five people inside, one young as six months, when the horse was spooked. The buggy fell into a ditch around 6 p.m. and turned over.
July 5, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
DECATUR, IN – A man who police said sped off from a crash that left the operator of a horse and buggy seriously hurt was found dead inside his home early Tuesday.
Adams County Sheriff’s deputies and medics were called just after 12:30 a.m. Tuesday to a personal injury crash at 1121 South C.R. 650 East in Adams County that involved a pickup truck and a horse and buggy. When responders arrived, they’d learned the driver of the pickup had driven away from the scene.
June 27, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
PINEGROVE TWP, PA – Police say a vehicle versus Amish buggy accident occurred on State Route 157, in Pinegrove Township, Venango County.
As the Toyota was cresting a hill, Lee did not see the Amish buggy straddling the white fog line and collided with the rear of it, causing the buggy to strike the horse.
July 1, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
HARLAN, INDIANA – An SUV and Amish wagon collided Friday afternoon sending four children to the hospital.
Police tell that the horse drawn wagon pulled out of a drive into the path of an oncoming SUV.
June 27, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
LAWRENCEBURG, TENNESSEE – A 24-year-old man is in critical condition after he was hit by a car while riding in an Amish Buggy.
Albert Mast, 24, and Daniel Miller, 24, were both inside the buggy when it happened. Mast was taken to South Tennessee Regional Heath Systems Hospital and later transported to Vanderbilt Hospital where he is currently in critical but stable condition.
June 29, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
SADSBURY, PENNSYLVANIA – At least two people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash involving a horse and buggy in Chester County.
The victims were taken to area hospitals. The extent of their injuries is unknown at this time.
June 27, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
PLYMOUTH, INDIANA – Five people were taken to the hospital following a crash in Marshall County Monday night.
The crash happened around 6 p.m. on U.S. 6 near Playmore Campgrounds when a car struck a horse-drawn buggy from behind. Several passengers were ejected from the buggy.
June 20, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA – State police in Dauphin County are investigating a crash involving an Amish horse drawn carriage that seriously injured multiple people.
The carriage, operated by a 30-year-old man, had four passengers, including children 2, 3 and 5 years old. There were serious injuries and ejections as a result of the crash, police said.
June 20, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
HEUVELTON, NEW YORK – Amish man flown to Syracuse hospital with broken neck following car-buggy crash.
Mr. Harris was heading south in his red GMC pickup truck when he struck a buggy driven by Thomas M. Swartzentruber, 52, of Heuvelton, from behind, ejecting the Amish man from the buggy.
June 17, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
FERGUS FALLS, MINNESOTA – Three people were hurt Friday afternoon, including a mother and baby, when a car struck an Amish buggy on Highway 29 in Otter Tail County.
A horse-drawn Amish buggy, driven by Ruth S. Gingerich, 24, was also eastbound on Highway 29. With her was a baby, Mattie A. Gingerich.
June 12, 2016 (Motorcycle-buggy crash)
MONROE, MINNESOTA – A Viola motorcyclist was injured Sunday night when he crashed into the back of an Amish buggy in rural Monroe County.
White was thrown from the bike, which came to rest inside the buggy, ejecting driver William Borntreger, 22, and passenger Susie Borntreger, 21, both of Wilton.
June 12, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA – Emergency response personnel were dispatched to a horse-and-buggy incident at 7:40 p.m in Brecknock Township when a horse and buggy collided with a minivan.
June 12, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA – One person was injured in a crash involving a horse and buggy and a truck Sunday afternoon in Martic Township.
June 11, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
WADENA, MINNESOTA – Three people were hurt Friday afternoon, including a mother and baby, when a car struck an Amish buggy on Highway 29 in Otter Tail County.
The woman and infant in the buggy were both ejected; however the infant was secured in a child safety seat, which may have prevented more serious injuries.
May 3, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
DRUMORE, PENNSYLVANIA – Injuries were reported in a Drumore Township crash this morning involving a sedan and a horse and buggy.
June 2, 2016, (Car-buggy crash)
MIDDLEBURY, INDIANA — Two people, including a 4-year-old, were taken to the hospital Thursday after a car rear-ended and flipped an Amish buggy near Middlebury.
The buggy flipped and the driver suffered a cut to her head and other scrapes. The 4-year-old was taken to the hospital to treat small cuts and get an internal check-up.
May 31, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
Heuvelton, NY – Lisbon Firefighter Latener Gray, right, and Lisbon Fire Chief John McLear remove an Amish buggy from the road Tuesday at 4365 County Route 68 in Heuvelton.
Jessica A. Montroy came over a hill and was unable to avoid hitting the buggy because of oncoming traffic in the eastbound lane.
May 29, 2016 (Car-buggy crash injures 4)
Millersburg, Indiana – Four people were injured, including a 6-week-old baby, after an Amish buggy was rear-ended by a Ford Focus just north of Millersburg.
A 17-year-old girl was driving north on S.R. 13 just south of C.R. 34 around 2:45 p.m. Sunday when she got distracted and didn’t notice a horse drawn buggy with an Amish family from Middlebury on board traveling in the same direction in her lane.
May 27, 2016 (Buggy crash)
LaFayette, Kentucky – A 19-year-old LaFayette woman was killed in a wreck with a horse-drawn buggy shortly after 7:30 a.m. Friday on LaFayette Road.
May 25, 2016 (Car-buggy crash injures 4)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania – A van full of passengers collided with a car in southern Lancaster County this morning, injuring four people and closing Route 896 for nearly two hours, authorities said.
Lancaster County-Wide Communications classified the crash as a “mass casualty incident” to bring additional medics to the scene and also place a medical helicopter on standby.
May 21, 2016 (Car-buggy crash)
Wood County, Ohio – A horse involved in a car-buggy crash did not sustain major injuries.
The Wood County Sheriff’s Office reports that the horse, named Hanover, was taken to Findlay Veterinary Clinic following the Wednesday incident and sustained minor injuries.
May 18, 2016 (Car-buggy crash injures 1)
Wood County, Ohio – A female occupant of a horse-drawn buggy was taken to the hospital with injuries after the buggy and car collided this afternoon on Ohio 25 south of U.S. 6.
A male and two children who were in the buggy went to the hospital along with the woman, but were not reported to be injured, according to the Wood County Sheriff’s Office.
New Holland, Pennsylvania – This is the kind of accident report you only see in Amish Country.
Fortunately, no one was hurt, although some humans and a horse most certainly got a scare Sunday night during a near-collision between a buggy and a motorcycle at Kinzer Avenue and Jackson Street in New Holland. The buggy driver was at fault, borough police said.
May 6, 2016
Economy, Indiana – Police in Wayne County say one person is dead after a crash involving an Amish horse-and-buggy.
Police were called to the intersection of US 35 and Newman Road, just south of Economy, arounf 9:30 p.m. Thursday.
May 4, 2016
Wooster, Ohio – A 71-year-old man was seriously injured Wednesday when a horse pulled his buggy into the path of an oncoming dump truck.
Clark Howell, of Wooster, was flown to Akron City Hospital with serious injuries, according to a news release from the Ohio Highway Patrol.
May 2, 2016
Lt. Eric Mathews of the Troy Township Fire Department said the driver of the car was taken to University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center for treatment. He said the victim was being evaluated and might be flown to a hospital in downtown Cleveland.
April 28, 2016
It happened around 10 a.m. along the 2000 block of Horseshoe Road in East Lampeter Township.
April 18, 2016
Middlebury, Indiana – An Indiana State Police trooper hit an Amish buggy just south of Middlebury on Sunday night, leaving both the trooper and Amish man with non life-threatening injuries.
The Amish man, a 20-year-old, was driving a horse and buggy west on C.R. 20 when he allegedly ran a stop sign at S.R. 13 around 10:45 p.m., according to an Indiana State Police press release. A state police corporal was driving a marked patrol car north on S.R. 13 and hit the buggy after it pulled into his path.
April 13, 2016
It happened Tuesday afternoon around 4 p.m. on Highway 53, near Brittany Lane. That’s near Whitehall.
April 11, 2016
Clark County, Wisconsin – The Clark County Sheriff’s Office was called Saturday night, around 11:00, for the report of a vehicle vs buggy crash.
The crash happened on State Highway 29 near Sterling Avenue in the Township of Withee. The initial investigation shows a Toyota RAV4 was traveling east on 29 when it struck a runaway horse and buggy head-on.
April 10, 2016
Greenwood Township, Pennsylvania – Two adults and two children were taken to Geisinger near Danville Sunday morning after a horse and buggy crash in Columbia County.
It happened around 6 a.m. along Route 254 in the Millville area.
April 9, 2016
Edmonton, Alberta, Canda – Five people have been taken to hospital by both ground ambulances and STARS Air Ambulance following a serious collision on Highway 16 near RR 32.
“Two people suffered life-threatening injuries, while three others are believed to have received serious but not life-threatening injuries,” RCMP said Saturday.
April 1, 2016
Rolland Township, Michigan – Two children remain in the hospital after an SUV slammed into their buggy.
It happened Thursday morning near the Mecosta County border.
April 1, 2016
Deputies were called at 8:44 a.m. to Highway 33 near Larson Road in the town of Scott on a report of an Amish buggy that was rear-ended by a semi.
Rolland Township, Michigan – Four people were hurt after a vehicle struck an Amish Buggy early Thursday morning in Isabella County.
It happened around 1 a.m. near South Rolland Road in Rolland Township.
March 28, 2016
Sparta Township, Pennsylvania – A Union City man was killed Sunday when the motorcycle he was operating collided with a horse and buggy.
James Norman Kent, 57, was traveling east on Route 77 at about 3:20 p.m. on a 2009 Can-Am Spyder, when a horse and buggy operated by a 17-year-old male from Spartansburg pulled from the westbound lane right in front of Kent, police report.
March 18, 2016
Police said Samuel Speicher, of Milheim, died as a result of his injuries at Geisinger Trauma Center in Danville.
March 17, 2016
Fryburg, Pennsylvania – There was an accident along Route 208 in Fryburg that left one person dead and another two injured when a box truck crashed into an Amish buggy. This happened on Thursday afternoon, March 17, 2016 and the person who died was identified as Eli Mast and the other two were identified as Rudy Mast and Amon Mast, believed to be part of the Amish community.
March 17, 2016
Washington Township, Pennsylvania – One person was killed and two are seriously injured following a truck versus Amish buggy accident that occurred on Thursday afternoon near the intersection of Route 208 and Bell Road, just west of Dehner Cemetery, in Washington Township, Clarion County.
March 11, 2016
Anthony Township, Pennsylvania – An Amish man riding in his buggy near Exchange on Route 44 was killed during a collision at 5:05 p.m. Thursday.
Pennsylvania State Police at Milton said 77-year-old John Yoder Hostetler, 77, of rural Danville, was traveling west on State Route 44 in a horse and buggy when Anthony Daniel Byers, 20, of Turbotville, struck the buggy from behind in a 2002 Chevorlet Silverado. Hostetler was declared dead on the scene, as was the horse attached to the buggy, police said.
March 8, 2016
Mt. Victory, Ohio – One person was injured in a crash involving a pickup and horse drawn buggy that occurred this morning on State Route 31 at County Road 190.
According to information from the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office, at around 6:40 this morning, the buggy operated by Daniel Lambright, of Mt. Victory, was struck by a pickup truck being driven by 34 year old Scott Snoke, of Forest.
February 28, 2016
Martic Township, Pennsylvania – One man sustained serious injuries after his buggy was rear-ended in Martic Township on Sunday morning, police said.
Pennsylvania State Police said Samual K. Stoltzfoos Jr., 20, of Holtwood, was injured after his buggy was hit by a car while traveling eastbound on Martic Heights Drive just west of Rawlinsville Road. The crash happened just before 7 a.m., police said.
February 28, 2016
Martic Township, Pennsylvania – The Pennsylvania State Police were dispatched to an accident in Martic Township just before 7 Sunday morning.
Police said that the two drivers were traveling eastbound on Martic Drive in Lancaster County when a car rear-ended the driver of a horse and buggy.
February 28, 2016
Paradise Township, Pennsylvania – Two people were injured in a crash involving a horse and buggy, along with two other vehicles, Sunday night in Paradise Township.
Emergency personnel were dispatched at 7:51 p.m. to Cherry Hill Road and Strasburg Road (Route 741), about 3 miles east of Strasburg Borough.
February 25, 2016
Quarryville, Pennsylvania – Police are looking for the driver of a pickup truck that fled after an accident involving a horse and buggy Thursday in Quarryville.
The incident occurred shortly after 1:30 p.m. in the 200 block of West State Street (Route 372).
February 25, 2016
Lancaster, Pennsylvania – A south-central Pennsylvania police chief says an Amish buggy and a car crashed head-on, injuring four people in the buggy and one person in the automobile.
LNP reported (http://bit.ly/1CFqBrV ) the Wednesday morning crash east of Lancaster resulted in serious injuries. East Lampeter Township Police Chief John Bowman didn’t know the conditions of the five people injured.
February 10, 2016
Quincy, Michigan – A car and a horse-drawn Amish buggy collided head-on Wednesday morning in Branch County and fortunately, there were no serious injuries. The crash occurred around 7:15 a.m. in the southeast corner of the county in California Township.
February 1, 2016
Monroe Township, Ohio – One person was injured when a car ran into an Amish buggy Monday morning on Route 7, near Root Road.
The Amish driver’s horse also was injured in the crash.
January 31, 2016
Washington Township, Pennsylvania – Emergency crews responded to a two-vehicle accident on Route 208 Sunday morning in Washington Township, Clarion County.
The accident happened around 8:15 a.m. when a car collided with an amish buggy on Route 208 near Marble-Strobleton Road.
January 29, 2016
Clark County, Wisconsin – The driver of a horse drawn buggy was killed in a crash with a logging truck near Dorchester Thursday afternoon, according to Sheriff Gregory Herrick.
Investigators say Aaron Newswanger, 50, of rural Dorchester died in the crash on County Highway A in the Township of Mayville.
January 20, 2016
Holland Patent, New York – An Amish buggy went into a ditch on Route 365 around 2:00 p.m. today, January 20.
A driver of a vehicle was attempting to pass a caravan of buggies, when, after passing one buggy, he was forced back into the lane by oncoming traffic. He then struck a second buggy.
January 19, 2016
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin – The hospital that treated a 10-year-old Amish boy after he was hit while riding on his father’s horse-drawn wagon is taking steps to make sure it gets paid if the boy’s family sues the suspected driver of a pickup involved in the crash for the boy’s medical bills.
January 14, 2016
Stanton, Michigan – No one was hurt when a school bus collided with a horse and buggy west of Stanton on Thursday morning, authorities say. It happened around 8:20 a.m.
January 12, 2016
Beaverton, Michigan – It was an Amish buggy accident with a twist ? this time, the horse struck a car.
Michigan State Police Troopers say the crash happened last Sunday on Bard Road near Dale Road around 8 p.m.
January 12, 2016
Seymour, Missouri – A Tuesday morning wreck on Route NN near Diggins resulted in injuries for two occupants of a horse-drawn buggy.
According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the horse and buggy, driven by Samuel A. Zook, 24, Seymour, was headed north on the highway, a half-mile south of U.S. 60, when it was struck in the rear by a 1999 Mitsubishi Gallant, driven by Amy L. Davis, 38, Seymour.
January 11, 2016
Dewittville, New York – A 58-year-old Mayville man was charged with speeding after allegedly losing control of his vehicle and striking the Amish buggy that a woman and her son were in on Burdick Road here Saturday afternoon.
Timothy Brown was charged by the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office after allegedly losing control of his vehicle in slippery road conditions on the top of a hill as he as heading south on Burdick.
January 7, 2016
Gladwin County, Michigan – “It jumped up on top of the car and then they just kept going afterward.”
A bizarre hit-and-run left a car damaged and a pregnant woman and her son terrified.
It was all caused by a horse and buggy.
January 6, 2016
DeGraff, Ohio – A local driver struck an Amish buggy on State Route 235 north of DeGraff Tuesday morning around 9:10.
The Logan County Sheriff’s Office reports that Diana Seiler, 65, of 470 Spruce Street, Lakeview, was driving a 2015 Volkswagen Jetta southbound on 235 south of County Road 27 when she struck the rear of a southbound buggy operated by Mary Schwartz, 35, of 5516 Township Road 212, Bellefontaine.
January 4, 2016
Goshen, Indiana – Authorities in Indiana shared video from the aftermath of an unusual road crash between two horse-drawn buggies.
The Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department said a buggy traveling south along County Road 41, east of Goshen, went left of center Friday night and struck another buggy traveling northbound.
2015 Buggy Accidents
January 4, 2015
Goshen, Indiana – Authorities in Indiana shared video from the aftermath of an unusual road crash between two horse-drawn buggies.
The Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department said a buggy traveling south along County Road 41, east of Goshen, went left of center Friday night and struck another buggy traveling northbound.
December 30, 2015
Polk County, Tennessee – UPDATE: A 13-year old girl who was aboard a buggy struck by a van Tuesday has succumbed to injuries she sustained in the crash.
Lt. John Harmon of the Tennessee Highway Patrol confirmed the death Wednesday to WRCB-TV in Chattanooga.
December 29, 2015
Polk County, Tennessee – The Tennessee Highway patrol is investigating a crash in Polk County involving a horse drawn buggy and Ford van.
It happened on Lindsdale Road in Delano just before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.
December 29, 2015
Sherman, New York – The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office says a teenager was hospitalized after an accident involving an Amish buggy early Monday morning.
The buggy was being pulled by a horse down Alder Bottom Road in the Town of Sherman shortly after 12 a.m. that morning. The 18-year-old man operating the buggy told deputies the horse became scared, making him lose control of the animal.
December 27, 2015
Warsaw Township, Pennsylvania – DuBois-based State Police say a vehicle collided with an Amish buggy yesterday on State Route 28, at its intersection with Reitz Crossing Road, in Warsaw Township, Jefferson County.
According to police, around 4:30 p.m. on December 26, 61-year-old Gerald A. Ross, of Reynoldsville, and 55-year-old David J. Byler, of Brockway, were involved in the collision.
December 24, 2015
Williamsfield Township, Ohio – Two people were hurt when a horse-drawn buggy was involved in a crash with a pickup truck.
Troopers say it happened around 7:05 p.m. Wednesday in Ashtabula County along Route 322 near Route 7.
December 15, 2015
Gladwin County, Michigan – An Amish woman was killed Monday evening when a van collided with the rear-end of her buggy. The accident happened around 5:31 p.m. on Beaverton Road just west of Townhall Road in Beaverton Township.
According to the Gladwin County Sheriff Department, the buggy was traveling westbound on Beaverton Road, as was another vehicle – a work van occupied by two people – the van struck the buggy from behind, killing the woman, Sarah Stutzman, 31, of Clare County.
December 3, 2015
Fairbank, Iowa – Three crashes between motorized vehicles and Amish horse and buggies in Buchanan County over the past six weeks have led to plenty of talk about safety and how to prevent more crashes.
“We’ve got a large (Amish) population and, with the sun going down earlier now, it’s getting more difficult to see those at night,” said Deputy Cory Hartmann of the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office. Travel Iowa estimates about 800 Amish residents live throughout Buchanan County.
December 3, 2015
Wingo, Kentucky – A collision between a car and an Amish buggy Wednesday afternoon in Graves County left three people injured.
According to the Graves County Sheriff’s Office, the crash happened around 4:20 in the area of KY 339 West at the Purchase Parkway near Wingo. Deputies said 27-year-old Daniel Clapp was traveling west on KY 339 when he topped a hill and observed a horse and buggy traveling in the same direction. Clapp told deputies he could not stop in time and struck the buggy in the rear.
December 2, 2015
Marshfield, Wisconsin – A 10-year-old boy injured when a pickup slammed into the back of the horse-drawn wagon in which he was riding died Tuesday night.
Melvin C. Kempf, of Vesper, died at about 10 p.m. Tuesday, Wood County Sheriff’s Department Capt. Shawn Becker said. On Nov. 20, a suspected drunken driver hit the back of a wagon hauling corn driven by Christian C. Kempf, Melvin’s father, on Highway HH in the town of Hansen.
December 1, 2015
Goshen, Indiana – There were only minor injuries after a horse and buggy driven by a teen collided with another vehicle Sunday.
According to LaGrange County police, Elizabeth K. Miller, 16, LaGrange, was driving a buggy when she pulled into the intersection of CR 600 West and U.S. 20 and into the path of a 2007 Chevy SUV driven by Shala M. Cook-Hoover, 23, Wolcottville.
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December 1, 2015
Vesper, Wisconsin – When Christian C. Kempf died after a pickup hit his wagon, the loss was felt beyond his family and his Amish community.
Kempf, 31, of Vesper, was well-liked by his coworkers, his neighbors and the Amish community, said Corbin King, who worked with Kempf at Doorworks Inc.
November 30, 2015
Lagrange County, Indiana – Two people were injured and a horse had to be put down after an SUV collided with a buggy Sunday evening in LaGrange County.
The buggy was being driven by a 16-year-old girl just after 9 p.m. when according to the LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department when it pulled out in front of an SUV heading east on U.S. 20 at the intersection with County Road 600 West.
November 30, 2015
The Buchanan County Sheriff is investigating an accident involving an Amish buggy. It happened shortly after 6pm Friday, southeast of Fairbank on County Road C-57.
A car driven by 23 year old Ashley Conner of Oelwein, was headed west, when she collided with the buggy, traveling in the same direction.
November 28, 2015
Fairbank, Iowa – A horse pulling a buggy with seven people inside was struck by a car from behind Friday night, but no serious injuries were reported.
The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office said the crash was reported about 6:10 p.m. in the 1400 block of 120th Street (County Road C57) southeast of Fairbank.
November 26, 2015
Leon, New York – A 43-year-old Cassadaga woman was killed Tuesday when her car struck a horse on Mosher Hollow Road and rolled over several times, ejecting the driver, law enforcement officials said Wednesday morning.
Cattaraugus County sheriff’s deputies said a car driven by Lerlene M. Rumsey of Route 60 was northbound on Mosher Hollow Road when it struck a horse as it was being walked across the road at about 9:01 p.m.
November 21, 2015
Strasburg, Pennsylvania – Two occupants of a horse-dawn buggy were injured in a crash about two miles south of Strasburg on Friday.
A van and the buggy collided at 7:30 a.m. in the 900 block of May Post Office Road, north of White Oak Road in Strasburg Township, Strasburg Fire Chief John F. Stoltzfus said.
November 9, 2015
Quincy Township, Indiana – A Branch County man whose former wife was killed four years ago in a similar accident was seriously injured Sunday when his horse-drawn Amish buggy was rear-ended by a car in a hit-and-run in Quincy Township.
The collision happened at around 4:15 p.m. on Jonesville Road.
November 9, 2015
Quincy, Michigan – A Branch County Amish couple suffered serious injuries Sunday afternoon when their horse drawn buggy was rear ended by a car in a hit-n-run collision. The crash occurred around 4:15 p.m. yesterday on Jonesville Road in Quincy Township.
Quincy Police Chief Scott Olney said the accident happened between Briggs and Clarendon Roads and the buggy was westbound when it was struck from behind and forced into a ditch. Rubin and Leeann Eicher were ejected from the buggy, which was totaled in the wreck.
November 9, 2015
Belleville, Ontario – A boy was injured and a horse died when an SUV collided with a horse-drawn buggy on Highway 62 just north of Belleville, Ont., on Friday evening.
It happened near the highway’s intersection with Ridge Road, between the small communities of Moira and Stirling, at about 6:20 p.m.
November 6, 2015
Cambria Township, Michigan – An Amish family is searching for a horse – and part of a buggy – after the animal ran off Thursday evening and caused a crash in Hillsdale County.
At 6:55 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, troopers with the Michigan State Police Jackson Post responded to a two-vehicle crash at South Hillsdale and Reading roads in Cambria Township.
November 4, 2015
It happened around 7 am on state route 42 just north of Millville.
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November 3, 2015
Dale Enterprise, Virginia – State police charged one woman after a crash in Rockingham County involving a truck and horse and buggy on Monday morning.
Lois Good, 82, of Mount Clinton, who was driving the buggy, faces a failure to yield right of way charge.
October 30, 2015
Sanilac County, Michigan – Two people and a horse were injured when a vehicle hit an Amish buggy on Bay City Forestville Road near Germania Road Thursday night.
According to the Sanilac County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to the scene around 9:52 p.m. after a a 2002 Volkswagen Jetta driven by 21-year-old Ubly woman Elizabeth Bowerman was heading east on Bay City Forestville Road near the intersection of Germania Road and struck a buggy, driven by 21-year-old Mose Kempf, of Bad Axe.
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October 30, 2015
Bloomfield, Iowa – A truck hitting a buggy killed a man on a rural stretch of road Friday morning.
The Davis County Sheriff’s Office confirms a caller told them that a tractor trailer had been in an accident with an Amish horse and buggy Friday morning.
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October 27, 2015
Plain Township, Ohio – An Amish man and two children remain hospitalized Monday in Akron after their buggy was struck by another vehicle in a crash Saturday night on state Route 95. Joseph Gingrich, 34, of Wooster, is in critical condition at Akron City Hospital, according to Lt. Stephanie Norman, post commander of the Wooster Post of the State Highway Patrol. Two children — Katie Gingrich, 5, and Jacob Gingrich, 3, also of Wooster — were still in Akron Children’s Hospital Monday, Norman said.
October 16, 2015
Graves County, Kentucky – The Graves County sheriff said two children were released from the hospital after a car hit an Amish buggy in Graves County, Kentucky, killing one child and injuring five others.
On Friday, Oct. 16 at about 5:20 p.m., Sheriff Redmon said deputies were dispatched to a truck and Amish buggy crash on KY 58 West near KY 1283.
October 15, 2015
Clare County, Michigan – Three people were injured in a vehicle crash involving an Amish buggy.
The incident happened on Oct. 13 shortly before 7 p.m. on Beaverton Road near Brand Avenue in Clare County.
October 12, 2015
Ashland, Ohio – The Ashland Post of the Highway Patrol is investigating an accident involving an Amish buggy that was hit by a vehicle on State Route 96 about 2 miles east of 545 on Saturday. One person in the buggy was reportedly transported to a Columbus Hospital. There was no immediate word on their condition and charges against the driver of the vehicle have yet to be filed.
October 12, 2015
Seymour, Wisconsin – A horse-drawn Amish buggy was struck from behind on a highway in Lafayette County Sunday night leading to a second collision.
The Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to Highway 81 in the town of Seymour at 7:13 p.m. after a car traveling west struck the back of the buggy.
September 28, 2015
Columbia, Missouri –A 20-year-old Morgan County woman is recovering after a car crashed into her horse and buggy Saturday afternoon. The crash happened on Route C near Gracey Creek Road when the woman slowed up to make a turn. A car traveling behind the buggy struck it from behind. The woman’s injuries are not believed to be serious.
September 24, 2015
Pawnee City, Nebraska – The early morning sun may have been a factor in the crash of a car and a horse-drawn cart near Pawnee City on Wednesday, Pawnee County Sheriff Jayme Reed said.
Kyle Clow, 25, of Pawnee City was driving a 1994 Honda Accord when it collided with the cart driven by Kenneth Yoder, 23, also of Pawnee City. There were no passengers in either vehicle.
September 23, 2015
Hartville, Missouri – A pair of Amish teenagers from rural Seymour sustained what the Missouri State Highway Patrol described as moderate injuries last Thursday morning when their horse-drawn buggy was struck by a truck on Highway V, about five miles south of Hartville in Wright County.
September 23, 2015
Montcalm County, Michigan – An 8-year-old girl was flown to Grand Rapids with a head injury after being thrown from a buggy in a crash Tuesday afternoon, police say.
Sheriff’s authorities and emergency medical workers responded about 3:24 p.m. Sept. 22 to South Townhall Road and East Boyer Road in Bushnell Township and found all four passengers of the buggy had been thrown off. The horse had broken free.
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September 17, 2015
Kutztown, Pennsylvania – State police say two people were taken to a hospital following an accident involving a motor vehicle and a horse-drawn buggy in eastern Pennsylvania.
Trooper David Beohm said the motor vehicle was attempting to pass the buggy in Kutztown on Thursday afternoon when the driver tried to return to the right-hand lane to avoid an oncoming vehicle. In the process, he says the vehicle clipped the buggy, causing it to flip over.
September 12, 2015
Ontotoc County, Mississippi – Three members of an Amish family were hurt in a weekend traffic accident in Pontotoc County.
The accident happened Saturday around 9:30 a.m on Highway 6 west of Pontotoc.
September 11, 2015
Steuben County, Indiana – One of five juveniles on a buggy that was struck by a vehicle Friday was hospitalized for injuries.
According to the Steuben County Sheriff’s Department, around 3:15 p.m. deputies responded to reports of a crash at 4302 S. 800 E.
September 11, 2015
Burton Township, Ohio – Multiple people are injured after a pickup truck collided with an Amish buggy on Kinsman Road (Ohio State Route 87).
The accident happened between Peckham and Gingerich roads.
September 9, 2015
Russia, New York – A 1-year-old Amish child was pronounced dead Wednesday night after she was struck by a car in the town of Russia, according to Herkimer County Coroner Vincent Enea, district 3.
The child was hit by a car on Route 28 near Plumb Road around 6:30 p.m., according to scanner reports.
September 3, 2015
Goshen, Indiana – Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Deputies and emergency personnel responded Thursday at 3:07 p.m. to a reported motorcycle and buggy crash on CR 1350 North, near CR 200 West.
Responders arrived located the motorcycle driver, Tracy A. Newcomer, 58, Nappanee, in the roadway. Newcomer was airlifted from the scene and taken to Parkview Region Medical, Fort Wayne, in critical condition with head and multiple injuries.
September 3, 2015
Milford, Indiana – Milford Police are on the scene of a motorcycle vs horse/buggy accident in the area of 2512 W. CR 1350N, northwest of Milford. Lutheran Air Ambulance has been contacted.
One individual, a male, is being flown from the scene by Lutheran Air Ambulance, to Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. A female is being transported to South Bend Memorial Hospital by Lutheran EMS-Kosciusko.
August 29, 2015
Middlefield Township, Ohio – A buggy crash at an auction in Geauga County left two people injured Friday, according to fire officials.
The incident happened at the Geauga Growers produce auction at 9 a.m.
August 28, 2015
Kennedy, New York – Sheriff’s deputies say a woman whose driver’s license had been suspended was on her cell phone and distracted by her three children when her car hit an Amish buggy this morning near Kennedy, New York.
They say 29-year-old Amanda Braley of Kennedy was on the Falconer Frewsburg Road when her car crossed into the oncoming lane, where it hit the buggy that was carrying five people ranging in age from 39 years to 2 months old.
August 22, 2015
Rebersburg, Pennsylvania – At least one man was killed in an alleged DUI crash Friday night on Brush Valley Road in Miles Township.
State police at Rockview said two men were riding in a horse-drawn cart traveling east on state Route 192, also known as Brush Valley Road, when a Ford F-150 truck heading in the same direction hit the back of the carriage just west of Rockville Road.
August 14, 2015
On Friday night, two children were still recovering at UK Hospital, after their family’s horse and buggy collided with a cement truck. It happened in Casey County on Ky Highway 910, near Highway 501.
“Let me just put it this way, it was terrible,” said Loren Martin.
August 14, 2015
Topeka, Indiana – An 11-month-old girl was killed and a 2-year-old boy was critically injured when a car rear-ended an Amish buggy Thursday night.
According to the LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department, Caleb Wingard of Topeka was traveling south on County Road 600 West near County Road 400 South around 10:30 p.m. when he rear-ended a buggy.
August 14, 2015
Town of Greenwood, Wisconsin – A Hillsboro man is dead, tossed from an Amish buggy in Vernon County.
It happened just before 9 p.m. Thursday. According to the Sheriff’s Office, 19-year-old Brandon Stanek of Hillsboro was in a company work truck, pulling a trailer, on County EE, West of County Q in the Town of Greenwood. He tried to pass a slow-moving horse and buggy, but saw a truck coming East right toward him and pulled back into the lane.
August 7, 2015
Warsaw, Ohio – Five Amish children were injured and one was lifeflighted to Columbus after a buggy crash Thursday evening in Warsaw.
The incident happened in the yard at the children’s home on Township Road 113, according to Coshocton County Sheriff’s Office. The horse was spooked and upturned the buggy.
August 6, 2015
Dover, Deleware – The horse of an Amish buggy was killed in a hit-and-run crash near Dover, state police said Thursday.
The crash occurred about 10 p.m. Wednesday at Sharon Hill and West Denneys Road, Master Cpl. Gary E. Fournier said.
August 3, 2015
Bloomfield Township, Indiana – A car rear ended a horse and buggy, injuring 6 and sending a toddler to the hospital.
Saturday afternoon, a car driven by Stacie Lynn Scott hit the buggy traveling south on CR 400 E just south of US20. Police don’t know why she hit the buggy, but it happened with enough force to eject passengers before the car slid into a fence.
August 3, 2015
LaGrange County, Indiana – Six people in a buggy were injured — including some who had to be flown to the hospital — after they were rear-ended by a vehicle Sunday in LaGrange County.
That’s according to the LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department, which says the crash happened on C.R. 400 E, just south of U.S. 20.
August 1, 2015
Highland Township, Michigan – A 19-year-old Amish man from Marion died Thursday in a traffic crash in Osceloa County’s Highland Township.
State police from the Mt. Pleasant post were called to the area of 80th Avenue and 19 Mile Road at about 8:30 p.m. Thursday.
July 30, 2015
Wooster, Ohio – A Berlin man was killed Tuesday night when a horse-drawn buggy crashed head-on into his motorcycle along Prairie Lane. Matthew E. Miller, 52, Rhine Road, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash by Wayne County Coroner Amy Jolliff. His passenger, Jody R. Miller, 51, of the same address, remained at Akron City Hospital on Wednesday afternoon.
July 28, 2015
The 17-year-old male driver of a horse-drawn vehicle was air lifted to a London hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries Monday after the horse turned in front of an oncoming pickup truck, police said.
Monday about 7:42 a.m. two occupants of a vehicle pulled east-bound by a horse on the East Back Line were ejected in a crash when the horse “suddenly turned into the path” of a westbound pickup truck, east of Rd. 190, a Grey County OPP news release said. The horse died of resulting injuries.
July 27, 2015
Presque Isle, Maine – Two members of a northern Maine Amish community were injured when their horse-drawn carriage was struck from behind by a motor vehicle Wednesday evening, according to Presque Isle police. The seriously injured horse was euthanized at the scene.
Naomi Swartzentruver, 44, of Easton and her 10-year-old daughter were heading south in the carriage on the righthand side of Route 10, also known as the Centerline Road, when the accident happened around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Officer Mark Barnes said Friday.
July 22, 2015
Four people were injured Wednesday, including two children, in a crash involving a truck and buggy in Elkhart County. On Thursday police released more information, including the names of those involved.
This happened on State Road 19, near NorthWood High School in Nappanee.
July 22, 2015
Nappanee, Indiana – Four people were injured when a truck hit a buggy traveling north on S.R. 19 just north of Nappanee.
The Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department and emergency crews responded to the crash at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 22.
July 22, 2015
Campbell Hill, Illinois – The driver of a vehicle was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid a traffic crash and operating an uninsured motor vehicle after he rear-ended a horse and buggy south of Campbell Hill on Monday, according to a release Wednesday from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.
July 13, 2015
Wayne Township, Ohio – A 16-year-old Dundee teen has been transported to Akron City Hospital following a collision with a commercial dump truck, shortly after noon Monday.
Justine N. Miller of Dundee was transported to the hospital by helicopter after the car she was driving was hit by a commercial dump truck driven by 40-year-old Jason Compton of Millersburg, according to Lt. Mark Glennon, commander of the Ohio State Highway Patrol Post in Tuscarawas County.
July 11, 2015
Tylersville, Pennsylvania – A truck struck a horse and buggy in central Pennsylvania, killing a woman and an 8-year-old boy and seriously injuring four other people, authorities said.
July 10, 2015
Bloomfield, Iowa – The Davis County Sheriff’s Office says the Amish buggy was in the paved west-bound lane of Highway 2 before the collision.
The driver of the pick-up truck was travelling westbound and rear-ended the buggy.
Sheriff Dave Davis said the horse had gone lame before the family departed a store on Highway 2, and that’s why the buggy was traveling on the pavement.
July 1, 2015
Eau Claire, Wisconsin – An Amish family was injured late Sunday when an SUV struck a buggy in the Eau Claire County town of Bridge Creek.
The crash is the third in the region involving an Amish buggy and a vehicle in recent months. The other two occurred in Chippewa County.
June 28, 2015
Sauk County, Wisconsin – On Sunday afternoon (July 28), four people were involved in a buggy crash on State Highway 154. The investigators site that a horse trailer and RV hit an Amish buggy as it was going over a hill.
Four of the buggy’s occupants were hospitalized for their injuries, and the highway was closed for over four hours.
June 25, 2015
State police are not yet releasing details about an accident involving a car and an Amish horse and buggy Thursday in Paradise…
Car strikes Amish buggy in Paradise Township, three people injured
State police are not yet releasing details about an accident involving a car and an Amish horse and buggy Thursday in Paradise Township.
June 21, 2015
Wellesley, Ontario – A 33-year-old Wellesley, Ont., man is in critical condition after the horse and buggy he was driving collided with a car.
Waterloo police say a 44-year-old Listowel, Ont., woman was driving a Pontiac sedan (on Line 86) in Wellesley when the crash occurred Saturday morning.
June 16, 2015
Ashland, Ohio – An Amish woman was flown by medical helicopter Tuesday when her horse and buggy was struck by a semitrailer on Ohio 42.
Fannie Hostetler, 70, suffered serious injuries, including head trauma, when she was thrown from the buggy, said Trooper Richard Pollard, of the Ohio Highway Patrol’s Ashland post. She was flown to Cleveland MetroHealth hospital.
June 16, 2015
Rockville, Indiana – A Rockville teen was injured Monday when the Amish buggy she was driving was rear-ended by a car on U.S. 36 west of Rockville.
The Parke County Sheriff’s Department reports that at 10:45 a.m., Barbra Stoltzfus was operating the westbound buggy when it was rear-ended by a 2001 Dodge car driven by Dominic Fields, 19, of Carbon.
June 15, 2015
Danville, Indiana – Parke County Sheriff’s Deputies, Adams township Rescue and Parke county EMS responded to an accident with an auto and Amish buggy on US 36 near County Road 300 East. 19-year old Dominic Fields of Carbon was westbound on US 36 and rear-ended the buggy driven by 19-year old Barbara Stoltzfus of Rockville. Miss Stoltzfus was thrown from the buggy in the collision and landed in a ditch along the roadway. Parke County EMS transported Miss Stoltzfus to Union Hospital Clinton…her condition is unknown. Fields and his passenger were unhurt. The horse was corralled by a passer-by and appeared uninjured.
June 12, 2015
Nappanee, Indiana – Police received a call Thursday afternoon of an accident on US 6 involving a buggy and two trucks.
The call came in around 3:50 pm and police soon arrived on US 6 between CR 9 and CR 11, about three miles east of Nappanee, to find that the crash involved a buggy, a dump truck and a semi.
June 11, 2015
Gladwin County, Michigan – Gladwin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an accident between a van and two Amish buggies that happened Thursday afternoon.
The preliminary investigates indicates that a van, traveling on North M-18 near Reigle Road in Gladwin County, collided with two separate Amish buggies.
The accident injured three Amish families, sending two to the hospital.
June 11, 2015
New Auburn, Wisconsin – New details have been reported on a buggy-van crash that occurred Wednesday evening in Chippewa County.
A 2-month-old infant and the infant’s mother were taken by air ambulance to Regions Hospital in St. Paul. Six other passengers in the buggy were taken by ground ambulance to Mayo Clinic Health System Chippewa Valley in Bloomer. No condition reports on any of the injured is available.
June 3, 2015
Milford, Indiana – An Amish woman and her three small children, including a newborn infant, suffered minor injuries after their buggy was hit by a pickup truck in Kosciusko County early Wednesday morning.
The truck hit the buggy from behind while they were heading west on C.R. 1350 North near C.R. 300 West near Milford, according to Sgt. Chad Hill with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department.
June 3, 2015
Kosciusko County, Indiana – An Amish family walked away with only minor injuries after their buggy was rear-ended by a pick-up truck Wednesday morning.
It happened just after 8:30 a.m. near the intersection of C.R. 1350 N and C.R. 300 W in Kosciusko County.
June 2, 2015
Middlefield, Ohio – Police continue to search for the driver of an SUV that hit an Amish buggy near Middlefield, injuring four people.
Police say the driver of what may be a Jeep Cherokee hit the buggy on Tavern Road and then fled the scene.
A man, a woman and two children in the buggy were taken to a hospital after the May 28 accident.
June 1, 2015
Sparta Township, Pennsylvania – An Amish buggy was rear ended by a tractor trailer in the Spartansburg area.
The driver of the truck, 46 year old Scott Stroup, of Centerville, crashed into the rear end of the buggy while both vehicles were eastbound on Route 77 Thursday morning.
May 29, 2015
East Earl, Pennsylvania – Horse flees but is located several miles away after crash on Route 322 near Blue Ball.
Manheim Twp. police charge 4 in stolen checks, forgery spree. Checks stolen from residential mailboxes were altered and cashed, police say.
Two people were injured in a horse and buggy accident Thursday night in East Earl Township.
May 22, 2015
Diggins, Missouri – The Missouri State Highway Patrol said one person is dead and another person injured in a crash involving an Amish buggy Friday.
Around 12:45 p.m., troopers said a Ford truck going westbound on U.S. 60 struck a horse-drawn buggy that was heading south on Route A.
May 20, 2015
New Wilmington, Pennsylvania – An Amish woman and her two children were taken to the hospital Wednesday morning after a rollover crash in New Wilmington.
According to New Wilmington Police Chief Carmen Piccirillo, Katie Hostetler, 22, of New Wilmington, 3-year-old Lydia Hostetler and 1-year-old Mose Hostetler were transported by Noga Ambulance.
May 14, 2015
Grabill, Indiana – An Amish buggy was in pieces after it crashed with a truck Thursday afternoon. Around 12:15 the truck rear-ended the buggy on Grabill Road. A deputy at the scene said the driver of the truck was headed east into Grabill and didn’t see the buggy. The person in the buggy went to the hospital with head lacerations. He was listed in stable condition.
May 13, 2015
Conewngo, New York – New York State Troopers responded to a report of a car and Amish buggy accident that occurred on Seager Hill Road in the Town of Conewango, Cattaraugus County. An Amish buggy was westbound on Seager Hill Road when a vehicle, also westbound, driven by Adam J. Dimpfl, age 22 of Conewango Valley, NY approached and attempted to pass the buggy striking the horse and continuing on to damage a metal fence, eventually landing in a ditch.
May 10, 2015
East Earl Township, Pennsylvania – One person was transported to the hospital after a crash involving a motorcycle and horse and buggy Sunday in East Earl Township.
The accident occurred around 4:10 p.m. in the 1000 block of Gault Road, east of Route 897.
May 7, 2015
Leon, New York – A motor vehicle struck an Amish buggy Wednesday on Route 62, destroying the buggy and injuring two occupants.
At 6 p.m., a northbound 2006 Chevrolet Malibu driven by Theodore Hoca, 59, of Gowanda, attempted to avoid the northbound buggy but struck the buggy’s right wheel and then travelled into a ditch, state police said.
May 2, 2015
Menno Township, Pennsylvania – According to the Mifflin County Emergency Communications Center, emergency response crews were dispatched at 5:49 p.m. to a crash in Menno Township involving a motor vehicle and a buggy. Responding to the scene were the Huntingdon Ambulance Division, Big Valley EMS, McVeytown EMS, FAME EMS, Belleville Fire Company, Allensville Fire Company and Life Lion. Also assisting at the scene were Pennsylvania State Police Lewistown and the Mifflin County Regional Police Department. No further information was available as of press time Friday night.
April 26, 2015
Middlebury, Indiana – Two people were injured in a buggy and vehicle collision at the intersection of Ind. 13 and C.R. 34 in Middlebury Friday. The crash occurred at 1:04 p.m.
According to Elkhart County police, a horse and buggy driven by Michelle Schlabach, 23, Goshen, was westbound on C.R. 34 and failed to yield the right of way as she turned in front of a 2015 Chevrolet Colorado pick-up truck driven by Ina Miller, 39, Goshen.
April 16, 2015
Carroll County, Missouri – A KMZU listener reported the collision of an Amish Buggy and tractor trailer on Highway 65 Thursday morning at County Road 200.
There was no indication from reports of when the accident occurred but a listener reported the wreck shortly before 6 a.m.
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April 3, 2015
Elkhart, Indiana – The driver of a buggy was injured by a vehicle at U.S. 6, west of Ind. 15 in Elkhart County Thursday. The crash occurred at 7:03 a.m. according to Elkhart County police. A 1996 Toyota Camry driven by Harley D. Robbins, 23, Bourbon, was eastbound on U.S. 6 and struck the rear end of a horse-drawn buggy after falling asleep, police said.
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March 26, 2015
Wheeling, Missouri – A 10-year-old Mennonite boy was killed when his horse-drawn buggy was struck by a sport utility vehicle on a rural highway Thursday morning.
Joshua Leinbach, of Wheeling, was killed in the collision. He was driving the buggy east on State Route B, about seven miles north of Wheeling, around 7:35 a.m. The young driver traveled with his family members, 8-year-old Katelyn Leinbach and 7-year-old Amanda Leinbach.
March 19, 2015
Montcalm Township, Michigan – Montcalm County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating an accident involving an Amish horse and buggy that veered into the path of an oncoming pickup truck.
It happened at approximately 7:30 a.m. Thursday morning on Fitzner Road between Spencer Road and Pakes Road in Montcalm Township.
March 4, 2015
Ft. Jackson, New York – State Police had to shoot a horse injured in a pickup truck-Amish buggy accident last Thursday morning.
Troopers said a GMC driven by Matthew Bray, 41, Winthrop, went out of control and hit the horse pulling a buggy operated by Eli Miller, 27, also of Winthrop.
March 4, 2015
Glasgow, Kentucky – An Amish man received non-life threatening injuries Wednesday morning when the horse-drawn buggy he was driving was struck by a car.
The crash occurred on Ky. 1297 in front of the former Red Cross Elementary building.
March 1, 2015
Unity, Maine – An 83-year-old Newburgh man is facing charges after his truck allegedly hit an Amish horse-drawn cart Saturday evening and he failed to stop.
Robert Veinote was allegedly driving a 1996 GMC pickup truck northbound on Thorndike Road at about 6 p.m. when the truck struck the left side of a trailer cart being drawn by a forecart, which itself was drawn by a team of two horses, according to Maine State Police Trooper Corey Smith.
February 28, 2015
Lampeter, Pennsylvania – A child was one of two people injured when a car and a horse and buggy collided in East Lampeter Township on Saturday.
It happened shortly after 9:30 a.m. in the 100 block of Hartman Bridge Road (Route 896), township police Officer Steve Fazekas said. It is south of Route 30 near Rockvale Outlets.
February 23, 2015
Old Washington, Ohio – The State Highway Patrol is investigating an accident involving three Amish Buggies that took place on Sunday night alongside I-70.
Troopers say a 17-year-old man was seriously injured as a result of the crash that took place on Bridgewater Road, near the intersection with Carlisle Road, just west of Middlebourne. According to Sergeant Eric Knowlton of the Cambridge Post, the victim attempted to pass another buggy traveling the same direction at around 8:30 p.m. Sunday and was clipped by a third, on-coming buggy, which ejected the victim from his buggy. The buggy the victim had just passed swerved to miss the man lying in the middle of the road and hit a phone pole.
February 18, 2015
Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania – Hempfield Township Police are investigating two separate, incidents from Sunday.
According to police, Jason Gehr, 32, of Fredonia, hit a horse and Amish family in a buggy with his vehicle around 9:50 p.m. near the intersection of Fredonia and Babcock roads in Hempfield Township
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February 17, 2015
Milverton, Ontario (Canada) – Two passengers of an open horse-drawn buggy had minor injuries on Sunday after their vehicle collided with a pickup truck east of Milverton, Perth County OPP said Tuesday.
Police said the buggy and pickup truck were both northbound on Perth Road 124 when the buggy turned left at Line 64 into the path of the pickup.
February 12, 2015
Sanilac County, Michigan – The Sanilac County Sheriff’s Office said no one was hurt when a car hit an Amish horse buggy on Wednesday.
The crash happened at 1:30 p.m. on Cass City Road and M-53.
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January 24, 2015
Clare County, Michigan – A crash involving an Amish buggy and a motorized vehicle Sunday night left five people in the hospital, and their horse dead.
January 24, 2015
Medina County, Ohio – The Medina Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a semi truck vs. Amish buggy accident in Homerville, OH. The buggy was traveling eastbound on Greenwich Road, near Pawnee Road around 4:30 p.m., when it was struck by a semi. There were at least two people on buggy and they escaped without injury. However, one horse is dead.
January 19, 2015
Sparta, Pennsylvania — A pair of Amish teens are hospitalized for what police are describing as major injuries after their horse-drawn buggy was struck by an oncoming motorist in a minivan. The boys, who are both 17-years-old, have not been identified by name.
January 7, 2015
Scott, Wisconsin – Three people were sent to hospitals, one by helicopter, after a collision early Tuesday involving a passenger car and an Amish buggy north of Pardeeville in the town of Scott.
A Columbia County Sheriff’s Office report said the buggy, pulled by one horse, had stopped at a stop sign on Ross Road at Highway 44, just south of the Green Lake County line, at about 7:20 a.m. when a car driven by Cal Bouwkamp, traveling south on Highway 44, struck the buggy.
January 4, 2015
Narvon, Pennsylvania – Two people were injured when a minivan collided with a horse and buggy in Salisbury Twp. on Sunday.
Initial reports say the buggy pulled out of a driveway in front of the minivan in the area of 5929 Meadeville Road just before 1 p.m.
January 2, 2015
The driver of a buggy was taken to the hospital following a crash in Lancaster County on Friday morning.
The accident happened in the 1000 block of Dry Tavern Road in Brecknock Township.
January 1, 2015
Fairbank, Iowa – Authorities say a car has collided with a horse-drawn buggy in northeast Iowa.
The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office says a 17-year-old driver was traveling near Fairbank on Wednesday when she struck the rear of the buggy. Both the car and the buggy went into a ditch.
2014 Buggy Accidents
December 26, 2014
Beach City, Ohio – No one was injured when a Kia Sorento made contact with the wheel of a horse-drawn buggy causing it to tip over at the intersection of state Route 93 and U.S. Route 250 in Beach City shortly after 7 p.m. Friday, Beach City paramedic Dale Thompson said.
December 24, 2014
Galeton, Pennsylvania – A pick-up truck driver involved in a head-on collision with an Amish buggy was trying to pass a truck that was hauling wood, court records stated.
That driver now faces criminal charges from the accident, which killed the horse that pulled the buggy and injured all five buggy riders, four of them seriously.
December 21, 2014
Lisbon, New York – St. Lawrence County Sheriff deputies say a Saturday car-buggy accident in Lisbon sent one person to the hospital with minor injuries.
The person injured was riding in the car and treated at Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center, Ogdensburg.
A media release from the sheriff’s office did not include the names of anyone involved in the crash.
December 21, 2014
Potter County, Pennsylvania – Early Sunday morning, December 21, 2014, Harrison Valley, Westfield, Ulysses, Genesee and Coudersport fire and ambulance crews were dispatched to a serious motor vehicle accident. Medics from Wellsboro, Wellsville and Coudersport were also dispatched to the crash scene, along with State police. While Whitesville fire and ambulance crews were placed on stand-by to cover the Genesee Fire Station.
December 17, 2014
Lisbon, New York – A horse was killed and a woman was injured when a Dodge pickup truck collided with an Amish buggy on County Route 10 in Flackville on Tuesday night.
First responders said — considering the circumstances — they were shocked there were no severe injuries or deaths, other than the horse. There were six people in the truck, including four children, while the buggy was carrying the driver, his wife and two children.
December 14, 2014
Bailey Lake Road, Michigan – One horse is dead and five people are in the hospital with serious injuries after a suspected drunk driver rear ended their buggy Sunday night.
The Amish buggy was hit around 7:30 Sunday night on Bailey Lake Road near Cedar Street in Clare County’s Arthur Township.
Police say the dense fog and alcohol were factors in the crash.
December 13, 2014
Strasburg Township, Pennsylvania – It occurred just before 11 p.m. at Hartman Bridge Road (Route 896) and Bluegrass Lane, in Strasburg Township, not far from Route 30 East.
It was not immediately clear whether or not there were injuries and how serious they might be, Lancaster County emergency dispatchers said.
December 9, 2014
Neshannock Township, Pennsylvania – A horse was killed Monday after a car collided with an Amish buggy in Neshannock Township.
According to reports from the scene, an Ohio woman whose name was not available was traveling south on Wilmington Road and turned right onto Maitland Lane. Moments later, her Chevrolet Monte Carlo collided with the buggy, which was pulling out of the Aldi’s access road onto Maitland.
December 6, 2014
Rondo, Missouri – An crash involving a pickup truck an a horse-drawn buggy sends four people to the hospital.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the crash happened on Missouri Highway 83 in Polk County, two miles north of Rondo. The Patrol said a a pickup rear-ended the buggy at about 6:30 p.m. Friday.
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December 3, 2014
Route 896, Pennsylvania – It happened shortly after 9:30 a.m. near Joyce Lane, which is between Routes 30 and 340.
Four of the injured were from the buggy, the fifth from the car, township police Chief John Bowman said.
One of the people from the buggy was transported to Hershey Medical Center. The other four hurt in the crash were taken to Lancaster General Hospital.
November 28, 2014
Reno Township, Michigan – Last night Michigan State Police troopers responded to a hit-and-run of an Amish buggy.
At 10 last night on M-65 near Old State Road in Reno Township in Iosco County an Amish family was injured when police say a motorist struck the horse-drawn buggy. The motorist then fled the crash site, traveling north on M-65.
November 27, 2014
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania – Multiple injuries, including children, in a crash involving a horse drawn buggy and a car in southeastern Lancaster County. It happened at about at about 7:10 pm at the intersection of Kirkwood Pike(Route 472) and Maple Shade Road in Colerain Township.
Witnesses say a northbound vehicle with Maryland registration slammed into the multi-passenger buggy. A number of those passengers were ejected from the buggy upon impact.
November 26, 2014
Lafayette County, Wisconsin – Three crashes and one accident within two days — three involving Amish people — resulted in two deaths in Lafayette County last weekend.
The first death occurred when a 22-year-old rural Cuba City man died in a manure spreader accident on Mine Road in the Town of Elk Grove Friday afternoon.
November 25, 2014
Amsterdam, New York – The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says four people were sent to the hospital after an accident involving a car and an Amish horse buggy.
Officials say the accident occurred shortly after 4:00 p.m. on Rt. 161 near Denice Rd.
November 24, 2014
Mayes County, Oklahoma – Oklahoma State Highway Patrol troopers say a horse drawn buggy was hit by a vehicle on Highway 412 two miles west of Chouteau early Monday morning.
OHP tells 2NEWS the horse pulling the buggy was killed. The driver of the buggy was injured but his injuries were not serious.
November 23, 2014
Lafayette County, Wisconsin – Motorists are being advised to slow down and pay attention on country roads after two Amish buggies were rear-ended by vehicles and three people were injured — including a 15-year-old boy who is in serious condition — in separate crashes Friday and Saturday, a law enforcement official said.
“It’s absolutely imperative that drivers should not drive so fast that they can’t stop in time for what might be over that knoll or hill,” Lafayette County Sheriff Scott Pedley said. “There could be a horse-drawn vehicle there at any time.”
November 21, 2014
Platteville, Wisconsin – On Friday at 7:54 a.m., the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a pickup truck vs. Amish buggy crash on College Farm Road.
The driver of the Amish buggy, Daniel K. Glick, 15, of Platteville, was taken by Med-Flight to a Madison hospital for severe injuries.
November 19, 2014
Diggins, Missouri – An elderly Amish man is dead from injuries sustained more than three weeks ago in a car-versus-buggy accident on a rural Seymour road.
Jacob G. Schwartz, 77, was pronounced dead at 11 a.m. last Tuesday, Nov. 11, at his home north of Seymour by a Hospice Care employee, 16 days after his horse-drawn buggy was hit at the intersection of Center Point and Chestnut roads, about three miles northwest of Diggins.
November 16, 2014
Trempealeau County, Wisconsin – Snowy conditions are to blame after a car rear-ended a buggy in Trempealeau County Saturday night.
It happened around 7:00 p.m. in the Town of Pigeon, on Highway 53. The sheriff’s department says the buggy was traveling south when a car hit it from behind. They say there was a man and four-year-old boy in the buggy. The boy was treated on the scene for minor injuries. No one else was hurt.
November 14, 2014
Bremen, Indiana – In the heart of Northern Indiana’s Amish community, a sleepy driver struck a horse-drawn buggy with her pickup Friday afternoon, sending the buggy driver and his two young sons to the hospital with serious injuries.
At around 1:45 p.m., Alvin Kuhns, 45, of Bremen, was at the reins driving his buggy along U.S. 6 in rural Bremen, said Trent Smith, an Indiana State Police spokesman.
Laurie Bope, 44, Goshen, was driving a pickup along the road when she fell asleep and struck the slower buggy, Smith said.
November 7, 2014
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania – Two people were seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash involving a horse and buggy Thursday near Buck.
The incident occurred just before 6 p.m. in front of Papa Joe’s Pizza, 1027 Lancaster Pike (Route 272).
A man and woman in their early 20s from Ronks occupied the buggy, state police Trooper Elisha Bomberger said in a press release. Both suffered major injuries and were taken to Lancaster General Hospital.
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November 5, 2014
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania – A pick-up truck hit a horse and buggy on Wednesday morning in Lancaster County, killing the horse.
State police say the buggy driver was turning onto 372 West in Martic Township, when an oncoming pick-up hit the horse.
The driver and a passenger were thrown from the buggy but were not hurt.
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November 2, 2014
Lancaster Pike, Pennsylvania -A woman was injured when her minivan and a horse and buggy crashed in Drumore Township Saturday morning.
The horse was killed in the 9:05 a.m. crash in the 1100 block of Lancaster Pike (Route 272), south of Allison Circle, state police said.
Firefighters freed the woman who was trapped in the minivan at 9:30 a.m. and she was transported to Lancaster General Hospital.
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November 1, 2014
Heuvelton, New York – State police and Ogdensburg Rescue, along with Heuvelton Fire and First Responders, responded at 6:34 p.m. Friday to an accident involving an Amish buggy on Route 812 near Hutchinson Road.
Troopers said that Matthew P. Reed, 33, Fowler, driving a Chevy Trailblazer, hit the buggy and went off the road. He was not injured.
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October 29, 2014
Diggins, Missouri – An elderly Amish couple from rural Seymour suffered serious injuries early Sunday morning when their horse-drawn buggy was struck by a car at the intersection of Center Point and Chestnut roads, approximately 2-1/2 miles northwest of Diggins.
Trooper Chase A. Stallcup of the Missouri State Highway Patrol said in his radio report that Jacob G. Schwartz, 77, and his wife, Fannie S. Schwartz, 78, were seriously injured at 8:05 a.m. Sunday when a westbound 2010 Ford Mustang driven by Paige N. Davis, 17, also of Seymour, “crossed the center of the roadway and began overtaking” the horse-drawn buggy that carried the Schwartzes.
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October 25, 2014
Pembroke, Kentucky – A Saturday afternoon wreck on U.S. 68 East at Vaughns Grove Fairview Road killed one teenager and injured three others when a car hit a two-wheeled, open-air horse-drawn buggy carrying the teens.
The teenager killed was identified by Christian County Coroner Dorris Lamb as Judith Martin, 14, Fairview. Lamb said the girl was dead when he arrived at the scene Saturday afternoon.
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October 22, 2104
Goshen, Indiana – A 15-year-old girl was taken to the hospital Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 21, after being ejected from a buggy on S.R. 13, south of C.R. 36.
Shirley Conrad, 67, of Ligonier, was traveling southbound in a sedan on S.R. 13 when she rear ended an animal-drawn buggy which was also traveling southbound, according to a news release from the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department.
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October 22, 2014
Arthur, Illinois – Douglas County authorities say at least one person has been hospitalized and a horse has been fatally injured after a crash involving a buggy and two other vehicles.
The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1sLXxaD) Douglas County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Peter Buckley said Tuesday the accident happened Friday near Arthur. Buckley says a GMC truck swerved and it a Jeep, and one of the vehicles hit the horse-drawn buggy.
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October 20, 2014
Derry Township, Pennsylvania – Crews work to clear the scene of an Amish buggy accident Sunday afternoon in Derry Township. According to Mifflin County Regional Police Cpl. Art Stanton, the driver of a Chevrolet was traveling west on Freedom Avenue in the area of the Mifflin County Commons when she did not stop in time to prevent herself from hitting the buggy. Stanton said the buggy was carrying seven people.
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October 13, 2014
Middlefield, Ohio – Authorities say a two-vehicle accident in northeast Ohio has sent 10 people to hospitals — including eight members of an Amish family that lives in the area.
The Amish family — a father, mother and six children ages 3 ½ months to 15 — was riding in Chevrolet Traverse SUV when it was hit by a van in an intersection in Middlefield Township, an area with a large Amish population east of Cleveland. It happened at about 9 p.m. Sunday.
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October 10, 2014
Ashland, Ohio – One person was seriously injured in an accident involving a car and an Amish buggy on Thursday evening in Ashland County. The Ashland post ofThe Highway Patrol said the accident took place on U.S. Route 42 south of its intersection with State Route 89 just before 8pm. The patrol said the male victim was taken to Samaritan Hospital in Ashland and was later transported to the OhioHealth MedCentral Hospital in Mansfield. The accident remains under investigation.
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October 7, 2014
Bloomfield, Iowa – An accident involving an Amish buggy and a pickup truck Monday morning resulted in the buggy driver being life flighted.
At approximately 7:57 a.m. Monday, the Davis County Sheriff’s Office received a call that there had been an accident on Ice Avenue south of Drakesville. Upon arrival at the scene, Chief Deputy Josh O’Dell says they found that a pickup truck had struck the back of a buggy. The driver of the truck was OK, O’Dell reported, but the driver of the buggy, a female, had apparently been ejected from the buggy. She was awake but unresponsive and was transported to the Davis County Hospital, where she was later life flighted to another hospital.
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October 7, 2014
Banks Township, Pennsylvania – Punxsutawney-based State Police say two Rossiter residents were hospitalized after a motorcycle crashed into an Amish Buggy around 6:20 p.m. on October 6, in Banks Township, Indiana County.
According to police, the crash occurred as David L. Moore Jr., 31, of Rossiter, was traveling west on Hillman Road, near Brooks Farm Road, on a 1983 Honda V45 Magna motorcycle, and an Amish Buggy operated by David A. Hostetler, 24, of Rossiter. was traveling east on Hillman Road.
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September 28, 2014
Burton, Ohio – Authorities will file homicide charges against a Burton Township man accused of crashing into an Amish buggy on Sunday, killing a 28-year-old man, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Lt. Mark Neff said charges of aggravated vehicular homicide, drunken driving and driving with a suspended license will be filed against Douglas S. Learn, 42.
Learn is accused of driving with more than the legal limit of alcohol in his system and slamming into the buggy about 9 p.m. Sunday on Tavern Road north of Ohio 700.
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September 26, 2014
Parke County, Indiana – Parke County Sheriff’s Office was called to an accident around 7 p.m. Friday near Billie Creek Village on U.S. 36 involving an Amish horse buggy and a dump truck.
Officials at the scene reported the driver of the dump truck was blinded by the sun and hit the buggy. Five passengers were in the buggy when the accident happened.
Two, including a young child, were airlifted to an Indianapolis hospital. Conditions of the young child and others were not immediately clear. A male was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
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September 24, 2014
LaGrange, Indiana – On Monday, police responded to a call around 8:00 p.m. of a bicyclist hit by a vehicle in the area of 6800 W. 200 South in Lagrange County. That man, 80-year-old Leland Lambright, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say the driver of the vehicle, 22-year-old Brian Schrock, was intoxicated while driving. They say his BAL was .09. He was arrested for Operating While Intoxicated Causing Death.
Tuesday, Lambright’s family held a viewing for Leland and police put up signs on either end of W. 200 South, alerting drivers to slow down as there would be plenty of buggy traffic. This, just two driveways away from where Lambright was killed.
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September 23, 2014
Viroqua, Wisconsin – Deputies are investigating a crash involving a car and a horse-drawn buggy.
It happened around 7 a.m. Tuesday in the Town of Jefferson, which is near Viroqua. The Vernon County Sheriff’s Office said a 16-year-old girl from rural Viroqua was driving east on County Road KK near Helgeson Road, and hit the buggy from behind. The crash left Samuel Mast, 21, and Ervin Miller, 30, both of rural Chaseburg with injuries. A private vehicle took them to the hospital. The horse ended up with minor cuts, and both the car and buggy were severely damaged. The girl driving the car and her passenger were not hurt.
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September 23, 2014
Vernon County, Wisconsin – A car crashed into the rear of an Amish buggy in Vernon County Tuesday morning, with the buggy’s two occupants injured and the horse only suffering minor cuts.
The crash happened at about 7 a.m. on Highway KK near Helgeson Road in the town of Jefferson, the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
Hayley Cade, 16, rural Viroqua, was driving east on KK with a 13-year-old passenger in the car when she hit the buggy, the release said.
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September 20, 2014
Licking, Missouri – A teenager was killed when the horse buggy he was driving was hit by a pickup truck in Texas County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 14-year old Amos Girod died in a Springfield hospital about three hours after the crash. Troopers say Girod was driving the buggy with two other teenagers aboard on Missouri Highway C just north of Licking at about 5 p.m. Friday. A pickup truck hit the buggy from behind. Lizzie Girod, 12, suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to a Springfield hospital. 15-year-old Sarah Girod was taken to a hospital in Houston for treatment of minor injuries.
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September 17, 2014
Leon, New York – An infant is being treated for multiple skull fractures after the Amish buggy he was in was hit by another vehicle.
Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s deputies say the buggy was on Route 62 in Leon late Monday afternoon when a pickup truck driven by 33-year-old Peter Riley of Conewango hit it.
Marie Miller, her 5-week-old son and one-year-old son were all thrown from the buggy.
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September 17, 2014
Canton, New York – An Amish buggy was destroyed Tuesday night on County Route 14 near the intersection with Conger Road in Canton when a Chevy Impala struck the left rear corner of the buggy as both vehicles were headed southwest. Jim Kelly, who lives at 1754 County Route 14, said he was inside his house when the accident occurred about 5:50 p.m., and ‘it sounded like an explosion.’ Morley Fire and First Responders were at the scene with Canton Rescue and the St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department.
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September 16, 2014
Marysville, Ohio – Three local Amish were injured when their buggy overturned north of Logansville Sunday night around nine o’clock.
The Marysville Post of the State Highway Patrol reports that Jacob Wagler, 31, was driving a buggy northbound on Township Road 247 near County Road 58 when his horse was spooked by a clump of grass in the roadway.
The buggy went off the left side of the road and overturned.
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September 15, 2014
Evergreen, Minnesota -There were no serious injuries in an accident that happened between a pickup and an Amish buggy in rural Becker County late last week.
The accident happened Thursday at 7:30 p.m. on Highway 87 near the village of Evergreen, 10 miles east of Frazee.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, both vehicles were traveling west when the driver of the pickup, Avery Golkowski, 19, of Frazee, rear-ended the buggy, driven by Menno Schumucker, 40, of Frazee.
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September 11, 2014
Ashford, New York – A 16-year-old passenger was thrown from an Amish buggy Wednesday morning after it was rear-ended by a vehicle on Connoisarauley Road in the Town of Ashford, reported the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office.
The accident occurred at 6:15 a.m. when a vehicle driven by Kyle Harris, 36, of Cattaraugus struck the buggy, deputies said.
The buggy passenger was transported to Women and Children’s Hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
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September 8, 2014
West Montrose, Ontario – Two people were taken to hospital and one horse was killed after a buggy was hit by a passenger vehicle early Monday morning.
The crash occurred just after midnight on Line 86, near West Montrose.
According to police, a 23-year-old woman from Woolwich Township was driving the car that hit the buggy.
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September 8, 2014
Elmira, New York – A horse and buggy with two teenagers inside were hit by a car on Line 86 near Elmira just after midnight Monday morning.
An 18-year-old male and a 16-year-old female, both from Woolwich township, were in the buggy heading west on Line 86.
They were hit by a 2007 Pontiac driven by a 23-year-old woman.
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September 5, 2014
Paoli, Indiana – Lonnie Lambright, 54, of Paoli, was seriously injured September 3rd, when a semi truck ran into his Amish buggy.
Police said the 1:55 p.m. accident occurred on State Road 56 when Ronald Sons, 75, of Campbellsburg was eastbound in a Peterbilt truck and came upon the buggy that was also eastbound. Sons was unable to slow in time and hit the buggy with the truck.
The horse was thrown from the road and had to be euthanized due to its injuries. Lambright was hospitalized with severe leg and stomach injuries. The Orange County Police are handling the report.
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September 4, 2014
Lancaster, Ohio – Fairfield County deputies have arrested two people in connection to a crash involving an Amish buggy.
A family of three, was thrown from their buggy and injured last Wednesday, when it was struck in Fairfield County. The driver fled the scene.
Deputies say a tip from the public led them to the vehicle that was involved in the crash.
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August 29, 2014
Licking, Missouri – A horse-drawn buggy was totaled in a crash Friday afternoon west of Licking, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. Eli E. Schwartz, 22, was driving northbound on Boone Creek Road one mile west of Licking when a 1995 Chrysler LHS operated southbound by William L. Moore, 88, of Licking, crossed the center of the roadway and struck the buggy.
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August 28, 2014
Lancaster, Ohio – It could have been much worse – a father, mother, and their infant daughter were all sent flying from an Amish buggy.
The family was on the way back from helping friends 20 miles away.
They were almost to their Fairfield County home Wednesday night in their horse-drawn buggy when a line of cars was waiting to pass them. The first two got around them, but the third clipped the carriage, tossing everyone out. Then, the driver kept on going.
Noah Schwartz was knocked unconscious, his wife Mattie banged up but not badly injured. Their almost one year old baby, Anna, was thrown but not injured.
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August 21, 2014
Adamsville, Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania State Police are investigating an accident involving an Amish buggy ten miles north of Greenville near Adamsville PA, where a large Amish community resides.
Authorities report that an Amish couple was seriously injured when their buggy and a car hit each other at the intersection of Adamsville and Kibbler Roads at about 11:45 a.m. Thursday.
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August 19, 2014
Mercer, Pennsylvania – One woman is recovering with minor injuries at a nearby hospital in Mercer County after a car and Amish buggy collided Tuesday morning.
According to Pennsylvania State Police, both vehicles were traveling northbound on Route 158 when the driver of the car was not paying attention and accidentally ran into the back of the Amish buggy about 8 a.m. The buggy was severely damaged and the car drove into a ditch, badly damaging the front end.
State troopers said other than the one woman from the buggy, no one else was injured. They also advised motorists to use caution when traveling on the road with buggies.
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August 16, 2014
Erie, Pennsylvania – Two people were taken to the Hamot Medical Center in Erie after an accident Friday night involving a horse and buggy. Around 7:00 PM, Chautauqua County Sheriff’s officers, along with Clymer, Sheridan, and Panama fire crews, responded to Route 474 in Clymer, where 67-year-old Ann Beebe of Panama was driving her vehicle westbound near the intersection of Wickwire Road and struck the horse and buggy, occupied by two adults and four children.
One adult and one child were taken to Hamot for treatment of their injuries, while the other four were uninjured. An investigation revealed that Beebe was intoxicated at the time of the crash. She is charged with DWI, speed not reasonable, failure to use due care while approaching a horse, and imprudent speed approaching a horse. Additional charges are pending.
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July 30, 2014
Easton, Maine – A SUV collided with a horse drawn carriage in Easton Wednesday morning. Police the car was traveling on the Conant Road around 6 AM. They say the driver did not see the buggy and when the driver attempted steer his vehicle to avoid the carriage, he struck the back corner and rear wheel.
There were 5 people on the buggy. No one was injured. The two horses pulling the buggy were also not injured. Police say no one is being charged.
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July 29, 2014
Clare, Michigan – Clare Police are looking for the driver of a car believed to have hit an Amish buggy earlier this month, slightly injuring the driver.
Clare Police Capt. David Saad said the accident happened July 17, and the driver of the buggy and witnesses told officers a silver or gray car with a poor paint job hit the back of the buggy while traveling southbound on McEwan Street.
The driver of the buggy was thrown into the roadway, and the horse ran off, around the corner onto Mary Street, Saad said.
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July 23, 2014
Oregon Pike, Pennsylvania – Three people, including a 10-year-old girl, were hospitalized after a horse and buggy collided with a motorcycle Tuesday night in West Earl Township.
The accident occurred just before 9:30 p.m. at Oregon Pike (Route 272) and North Church Street, just south of Dutch Lanes.
Preliminary findings indicated that 52-year-old Amos Glick, of Lititz, pulled his buggy onto Oregon Pike and into the path of the northbound cycle, according to West Earl Township police Chief Brian Brandt.
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July 20, 2014
East Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania – A Mount Joy-area family was injured when their buggy was struck by a vehicle Sunday in East Hempfield Township.
The horse and buggy was traveling west in the 2600 block of Harrisburg Pike around 2 p.m. when it was rear-ended by a westbound Buick Lacrosse, driven by an 86-year-old Lancaster County man, according to East Hempfield Township police Officer J.D. Sandman.
The impact caused the buggy, carrying a couple and their children – a 2-year-old boy and a 1-year-old girl – to flip off the right side of the road.
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July 20, 2014
Huntsburg, Ohio – A 13-year-old boy was taken to the hospital after his Amish cart was rear-ended by a Jeep Sunday.
Both vehicles were headed in the same direction near 16940 Chardon-Windsor Road. That’s where the driver of the Jeep rear-ended the teen in his homemade horse-drawn Amish cart.
Highway Patrol officers say both vehicles went off the right side of the road. The boy was ejected.
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July 19, 2014
Pittsburgh, Indiana – At least one person was injured when a driver swerved out of the way of an Amish buggy in Indiana County.
Police say a car was traveling along Main Street in Plumville Borough and did not see an Amish buggy that had moved into oncoming traffic to make a turn.
The car then swerved into oncoming traffic, went through a garden and crashed into a utility pole.
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July 17, 2014
Trigg County, Kentucky – A father and son injured Monday in a wreck between a horse-drawn buggy and a van were treated and released from Trigg County Hospital the same day, according to hospital staff.
Trigg County Sheriff Ray Burnam said 47-year-old Albert Powell, driving a mini-van, rear-ended a buggy piloted by Cleason Martin, who had his 1-year-old son in the carriage with him. Martin’s horse also suffered a cut leg, but was otherwise unhurt. Powell and his passenger, Andrew C. Martin, went unscathed, though Powell has been charged with DUI.
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July 15, 2014
Ischua, New York – Authorities say a tip called in by a Facebook follower led to the arrest of the motorist who was involved in a hit-and-run accident with an Amish horse-drawn buggy on a western New York road.
State police say they posted information on the July 7 crash in Cattaraugus County on Facebook and Twitter. Troopers say a Facebook user called them with information on the vehicle and driver.
That led to the arrest of a 31-year-old woman from Cuba, New York.
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July 9, 2014
Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania – A person operating a horse and buggy was thrown out of the buggy as it was clipped by a car this morning on Route 304 just south of Mifflinburg, prompting the horse to dash into the borough where it ran into another vehicle.
The identity and condition of the person thrown off the buggy by the the initial impact is not known at this time.
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July 8, 2014
Ischua, New York – State police say they’re looking for the driver of a vehicle that collided with an Amish horse and buggy on a western New York road, injuring three people and the animal.
Troopers say the buggy was traveling on state Route 16 around 3:40 p.m. Monday when it was hit from behind by a minivan in the Cattaraugus County town of Ischua, 50 miles southeast of Buffalo.
Police say the van’s driver didn’t stop after the impact knocked the horse and buggy into a roadside ditch.
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July 8, 2014
Pawnee City, Nebraska – A 57-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges related to a fatal collision with a horse-drawn buggy in southeast Nebraska.
Online court records say Vivian Cockrell, of Pawnee City, made her pleas Monday in Pawnee County District Court. She was convicted of motor vehicle homicide and misdemeanor misuse of a learner’s permit.
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July 7, 2014
Ischua, New York – A minivan struck an Amish horse and buggy and took off after the collision injured the buggy’s occupants and the horse, State Police said.
Olean-based troopers were looking for the operator of a dark blue Chrysler minivan, which hit the vehicle on State Route 16 in the Town of Ischua in Cattaraugus County shortly after 3:40 p.m. Monday.
The horse and buggy, which was driving on the far right shoulder of the road, was hit from behind, and the impact of the collision sent the horse and buggy into a ditch.
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July 7, 2014
Cowanshannock Township, Indiana – An Indiana County man was injured in Cowanshannock Township in a crash involving a truck and a horse-and-buggy.
Police say that the crash happened on July 5th around 5:30 in the morning, as 20-year-old Jason Hall of Sagamore tried to pass a horse-and-buggy driven by Ruben Byler of Smicksburg on the left side, but turned too soon, and hit the driver’s side rear end of the buggy with the passenger side front end of the car. After the impact, the buggy went 20 feet before it was disabled. Hall pulled off to the right side to render aid. Both Byler and Hall were still on the scene when the state police from Kittanning arrived.
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July 3, 2014
Britton Run, Pennsylvania – An Amish buggy and cargo van collided shortly before 8 a.m. on State Route 77 near Briton Run. Both the van and the buggy were headed east on Route 77 when the collision occurred.
The driver of the buggy was thrown on impact and was taken to Titusville Hospital. No word at this time as to the extent of his injuries. The horse did not survive the incident.
The Spartansburg Fire Department was assisted on scene by Pennsylvania State Police.
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June 25, 2014
Crawford County, Pennsylvania – Crawford County Sheriff’s Department received a report of a car striking a horse-drawn buggy on Cty Road B around 8 pm Tuesday, two tenths of a mile east of Davig Ridge Road in the Township of Utica.
Enos P Glick, 18, of Viroqua was operating a horse-drawn buggy westbound on Cty Road B when the left wheel of the buggy was struck by a vehicle traveling the same direction. Gina M Sandvick, 33, of Gays Mills was the operator of the vehicle that struck the horse-drawn buggy. Sandvick stated she did not see the horse-drawn buggy due to the sun being in her eyes while going over the hill. Perry E. Glick, 45, and Andrew C. Shelter, 16, both of Viroqua, were passengers in the buggy at the time of the crash.
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June 25, 2014
Parkman Township, Ohio – Five Amish passengers avoided serious injury after their buggy was hit by a car trying to pass them Tuesday night.
A female passenger was taken to University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center for a minor knee injury, said Ohio State Trooper Seth Klco.
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June 10, 2014
Shipshewana, Indiana – Overnight we learned a driver, who police say rear-ended a horse-drawn wagon in LaGrange County, is facing an OWI charge. The crash injured three people.
It happened shortly after 10 p.m. at CR 1150 West and 250 North between Middlebury and Shipshewana. Police say both the car and wagon were headed east on 250 North. Two people in the wagon and the driver of the car were hurt and taken to the hospital; a third person in the wagon was not injured.
Late Monday night, there was no word on the extent of the injuries.
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June 5, 2014
Hillsdale, Michigan – An Amish buggy driver, Samuel Eicher, 26, sustained non-life threatening injuries, as did a minor child who was with him Tuesday morning.
According to the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office, Jason Adams, 37, of Montgomery Road, was traveling east on West Camden Road when he became distrated in the hilly area and struck an Amish horse and buggy in front of him.
Adams was cited for careless driving.
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June 4, 2014
Salibury Township, Pennsylvania – An accident involving a horse and buggy injured four children, two of them seriously, earlier Wednesday in Salibury Township, according to state police.
The owner of the buggy, 29-year-old Strasburg resident Naomi Fisher, was trying to tie up the horse at the Susquehanna Bank at 787 Route 41 when, at about 4:12 p.m., the horse pulling the buggy got spooked and took off across the parking lot, according to a state police press release.
All four of the juveniles, two boys, a 6-year-old and a 3-year-old, and two girls, a 4-year-old and an 11-month-old, were thrown from the buggy as the horse ran east across Route 41 and rammed into a stationary 2007 Mazda 3, police said.
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June 3, 2014
Missouri – An Amish teen sustained “moderate” injuries in a wreck involving a car last week.
According to a report completed by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Danielle Schlueter, age 27, of Curryville, was traveling southbound on Route M, south of Highway 54, in her 2013 Ford Taurus.
As Schlueter attempted to pass a “horse drawn carriage,” she struck the rear left of a second buggy.
The report states that 17-year-old Steven Wagler, also of Curryville, sustained moderate injuries and was taken to Pike County Hospital by a Pike County ambulance.
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June 2, 2014
Eden Township, Ohio – Two teen boys were injured when a car crashed into an amish buggy, in northwest Licking County.
Troopers say the driver of a PT Cruiser slammed into the back of the horse drawn wagon on Pleasant Valley Road, sending the 15 and 17-year-old boys to the hospital with head injuries. They say the driver of the car blames the crash on poor visibility due to sun.
Investigators say the teens had just pulled out of their family farm when they were hit from behind. The horses pulling the wagon weren’t hurt, and another pair were brought in to take the busted rig home.
No word on charges.
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EDEN TOWNSHIP (Rob Wells/Dawn Faugl) — Two teen boys were injured when a car crashed into an amish buggy, in northwest Licking County. Troopers say the driver of a PT Cruiser slammed into the back of the horse drawn wagon on Pleasant Valley Road, sending the 15 and 17-year-old boys to the hospital with head injuries. They say the driver of the car blames the crash on poor visibility due to sun. Investigators say the teens had just pulled out of their family farm when they were hit from behind. The horses pulling the wagon weren’t hurt, and another pair were brought in to take the busted rig home. No word on charges.
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EDEN TOWNSHIP (Rob Wells/Dawn Faugl) — Two teen boys were injured when a car crashed into an amish buggy, in northwest Licking County. Troopers say the driver of a PT Cruiser slammed into the back of the horse drawn wagon on Pleasant Valley Road, sending the 15 and 17-year-old boys to the hospital with head injuries. They say the driver of the car blames the crash on poor visibility due to sun.
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June 2, 2014
EDEN TOWNSHIP (Rob Wells/Dawn Faugl) — Two teen boys were injured when a car crashed into an amish buggy, in northwest Licking County. Troopers say the driver of a PT Cruiser slammed into the back of the horse drawn wagon on Pleasant Valley Road, sending the 15 and 17-year-old boys to the hospital with head injuries. They say the driver of the car blames the crash on poor visibility due to sun. Investigators say the teens had just pulled out of their family farm when they were hit from behind. The horses pulling the wagon weren’t hurt, and another pair were brought in to take the busted rig home. No word on charges.
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EDEN TOWNSHIP (Rob Wells/Dawn Faugl) — Two teen boys were injured when a car crashed into an amish buggy, in northwest Licking County. Troopers say the driver of a PT Cruiser slammed into the back of the horse drawn wagon on Pleasant Valley Road, sending the 15 and 17-year-old boys to the hospital with head injuries. They say the driver of the car blames the crash on poor visibility due to sun. Investigators say the teens had just pulled out of their family farm when they were hit from behind. The horses pulling the wagon weren’t hurt, and another pair were brought in to take the busted rig home. No word on charges.
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Logan County, Ohio – Three local residents suffered minor injuries in an SUV-Amish flatbed trailer crash on State Route 235 just north of State Route 47 Saturday night around seven o’clock.
The Logan County Sheriff’s Office reports that Nancy Conley, 49, of 116 East Jefferson Street, Quincy, was driving a 2003 Toyota Highlander southbound on 235 when she rear-ended a horse-drawn trailer operated by Menno Wagler, 60, of 299 State Route 235 North, DeGraff.
Conley, who was wearing her seat belt, suffered minor injuries.
Wagler and his passenger, Benjamin Wagler, 17, of 299 State Route 235 North, DeGraff, suffered minor injuries.
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June 1, 2014
Baltic, Ohio – Duane J. Hershberger, 15, of 3087 Pleasant Valley Road, Baltic, was listed in satisfactory condition in Akron Children’s Hospital on Sunday after he was hurt when the Amish buggy he was driving was involved in a traffic crash at 5:10 p.m. Saturday in Auburn Township.
State trooper Zach Warner of the New Philadelphia post of the Ohio Highway Patrol post in New Philadelphia said Hershberger, and Joseph J. Hershberger, 17, of the same address, a passenger in the buggy, both were ejected when the buggy was struck from the rear on Ragersville Road.
Warner said the buggy was hit by a Dodge Durango driven by Esther D. Keim, 52, of 2129 Steiner Road SW, New Philadelphia.
April 28, 2014
Coshocton, Ohio – Officials said a buggy accident in Coshocton County injured two Sunday evening.
The Coshocton County Sheriff’s Office said just before 5:30 p.m., in the 31000 block of Crawford Township Road 227, they responded to an accident with multiple injuries.
Officials said that Raymond Yoder was loading an Amish buggy when the horse became spooked and took off causing the buggy to roll over.
April 28, 2014
Leitchfield, Kentucky– Several Grayson County residents were injured in car crashes on Monday, April 28.
Three individuals were injured when a car crashed into a buggy on Brandenburg Road.
At around 11:55 a.m. on Monday, personnel from Grayson County Emergency Medical Services, the Leitchfield Fire Department, and the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a vehicle versus buggy crash near 3000 Brandenburg Road.
The driver of a blue, 1989 Cadillac, James Lunsford, 72, of Hudson, told police he had been travelling north on Brandenburg Road when he crested a hill and noticed the buggy, also travelling north, ahead of him, said Investigating GCSO Deputy Adam Cottrell on the scene.
April 11, 2014
Ohio – Many communities in states in the northern part of the country contain Amish communities, and Ohio is no exception. Amish buggies share the roadways with motor vehicles on a regular basis. Sometimes, an SUV accident occurs involving an Amish buggy that ends up causing significant injuries and, in some cases, death.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol recently reported such an accident involving five Amish family members who were traveling down a northern Ohio road on the night of March 30. An SUV came up behind the buggy and slammed into it. Four members of the Amish family were taken to an area hospital for treatment of the injuries they suffered in the crash. The injuries of one 28-year-old victim were significantly more serious than the others, and he died as a result of them at the hospital. The current conditions of the other three injured parties are not known.
April 10, 2014
Manton, Michigan – Police say a vehicle struck an Amish buggy from behind on Old U.S. 131 just south of Manton Wednesday night, then fled the scene.
The driver of the buggy, an adult female, was sent to the hospital with head injuries as a result of the crash. Extent of her injuries was not available at press time.
Michigan State Police Trooper Shelley Izzard said witnesses described an explosion when the vehicle made contact with the buggy, which was carrying seven people, mostly children who were ejected from the carriage.
April 7, 2014
Leacock Township, Pennsylvania – A 14-year-old Pennsylvania girl driving a horse and buggy has been injured in a crash involving a tractor-trailer.
It happened around 7:30 a.m. Monday in Leacock Township, Lancaster County.
State police say the horse and buggy was turning left when it was struck by a tractor-trailer that was attempting to pass it on the left. The buggy spun and came to rest in a ditch.
April 2, 2014
Hopkinsville, Kentucky – A Hopkinsville Road crash involving a horse-drawn buggy injured a Trigg County man Sunday morning, according to Kentucky State Police reports.
The crash was reported on Ky. 91, about 4 miles north of Hopkinsville in Christian County, at 8:58 a.m. Sunday.
April 2, 2014
Evergreen Township, Michigan – A truck driver distracted while driving failed to see an Amish buggy in front of him, colliding with the horse-drawn vehicle. Sanilac County Sheriff’s deputies responded to scene of the traffic crash that occurred Sunday around 8:30 a.m.
March 31, 2014
Sanilac County, Michigan -Two people and a horse were hurt after a semi-truck rear-ended an Amish buggy Sunday morning.
Not much is left of the buggy after the accident on Van Slyke Road near Robinson Road in Sanilac County’s Evergreen Township.
Investigators say the truck driver, 56-year-old William Patterson from North Carolina was traveling north on M-53 when he hit the buggy. He says he was distracted and didn’t see the buggy until it was too late.
March 31, 2014
Burton, Ohio – Authorities say a man was killed and three family members injured when an SUV slammed into the back of an Amish buggy in northeastern Ohio.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol says alcohol may have been a factor in the Sunday night crash in Burton in Geauga County.
Twenty-eight-year-old Joseph Byler died at a hospital at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday. Byler’s 19-year-old sister, Alma Byler, was flown to a Cleveland hospital. Two other family members were treated at a hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening.
March 29, 2014
Elkhart County, Indiana – A Michiana teen was flown to the hospital after swerving to miss a horse and buggy.
The crash happened on CR 36, east of CR 37 in Elkhart County around 10:30 Friday night.
Police say Dustin Schwartz, 16, of Goshen was traveling eastbound on CR 36 when he tried to pass a horse and buggy.
The horse became spooked, and Schwartz swerved to miss hitting the animal.
March 26, 2014
Marcellon, Wisconsin – A horse and an Amish man suffered minor injuries after the buggy he was driving was rear-ended Wednesday afternoon on Highway 22 in Columbia County.
Authorities were called at 2:12 p.m. to the scene of the crash, near Turner Road in the town of Marcellon.
Sheriff Dennis Richards said a vehicle collided with the rear of the buggy, which was damaged in the incident.
March 19, 2014
Steuben County, New York – A 28-year-old Amish man is in stable condition today after his buggy was struck from behind on Tuesday in Steuben County by a motorist who faces a charge of drunken driving.
New York State Police in Bath responded to a personal injury accident that occurred at approximately 7:40 p.m. on County Route 123 in the Town of Cameron.
March 10, 2014
Bellefontaine, Ohio – Deputies of the Logan County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a horse and buggy and car crash about 12:15 p.m. Sunday on State Route 638 at County Road 113.
Elmer L. Hochstetler, 82, of Bellefontaine, was operating a southbound buggy when he said the reins leading the horse broke. The horse continued to make a left turn in front of a northbound car operated by Joshua M. Lightle, 32, of Belle Center. The car struck the horse and then the buggy overturned.
March 3, 2014
Vernon County, Wisconsin – A Wonewoc man passing an Amish buggy in Vernon County on Friday had to swerve to avoid hitting an oncoming Amish buggy, rolling his vehicle but suffering no injuries.
The crash was on Highway 82 in the town of Union, the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
February 24, 2014
Upper Leacock Township, Pennsylvania -Two people were injured and a horse was euthanized after a car crashed into a buggy in Lancaster County on Monday morning.
The crash happened on the 1000 block of West Main Street in Upper Leacock Township. The area is just west of Peters Road.
February 21, 2014
West Earl Township, Pennsylvania – One man was injured Friday in a hit and run crash involving a horse and buggy.
The crash took place shortly after noon in the area of 337 N. Maple Ave. in West Earl Township.
According to Akron Police Chief Tom Zell, who handled the call because the West Earl officer was at another crash scene, a gray or silver vehicle containing two people was traveling north on Maple Avenue when it struck the buggy in the rear. The car pushed the buggy about 150 feet. The buggy then struck a snow bank along the shoulder of the road, and toppled over onto its side.
February 14, 2014
West Clan, Pennsylvania – A hit-and-run accident involving a horse and buggy in West Caln Thursday night left the buggy driver injured and his horse dead.
According to West Caln Police Chief Curt Martinez, officers responded to the accident at about 7:30 p.m. on West Kings Highway and Ash Road. Officers reported the horse died from injuries sustained after being struck by the vehicle and the driver sustained minor injuries.
Martinez said the buggy driver received treatment at the scene.
February 13, 2014
A 10-year-old Amish boy suffered a broken leg Wednesday when a buggy he was riding in collided with a passing car, Howard County Sheriff’s deputies reported.
Deputy Rod Lynch said four children were heading to class around 10:07 a.m. Tuesday when the pony cart they were riding in failed to stop at the end of a driveway in the 6200 block of County Road 400 East.
January 21, 2014
Belmont County, Ohio – Officials with the Ohio State Highway Patrol are investigating a head-on crash involving a horse and buggy Monday evening. The crash happened around 6:30 p.m. just south of Somerton along State Route 800 in Belmont County. Investigators believe a vehicle went to pass another before striking the buggy.
January 17, 2014
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania – A mother and daughter were rushed to the hospital after a buggy crash in Lycoming County. The horse-drawn buggy they were riding in was rear-ended by another vehicle thursday.
It happened along Route 44 near the former Nippenose Valley Elementary School in Jersey Shore. Police believe the driver didn’t see the buggy in time because of the glaring sun.
January 17, 2014
Nankin, Ohio – Four people were transported with injuries following a head-on collision between a car and an Amish buggy at about 4:30 p.m. on Ohio 58 north of Nankin and south of County Road 620.
The severity of injuries and the names of parties involved had not yet been released by 6 p.m. Friday.
January 12, 2014
Lincoln, Pennsylvania – Two teenage girls were treated and released from the hospital after a car vs. buggy accident west of Lincoln.
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Dept. says it happened around 4 p.m. Saturday. The two girls were driving a horse-drawn buggy near SW 16th and West Denton Road when a vehicle crashed into them from behind.
January 8, 2014
Lititz, Pennsylvania – A horse was killed in one of two crashes on Route 322 Thursday evening involving buggies. The accidents happened at the same time on opposite sides of Ephrata. The first crash was reported at 5:45 p.m. at East Farmersville Road in Earl Township.
January 6, 2014
Warick Township, Pennsylvania – A man was critically injured when he was thrown from a horse and buggy in Warwick Township on Sunday, police said.
Isaac K. King, 66, of the 1200 block of Clay Road, was driving the buggy in his block shortly after 1:30 p.m. when something apparently spooked his horse, Northern Lancaster County Regional police reported.
January 1, 2014
Brinkhaven, Ohio – A child was injured when a horse-drawn carriage fell apart Wednesday afternoon, but is expected to survive. Ohio State Highway Patrol officers at the Mt. Gilead post said five passengers were in an Amish buggy when a pin came loose, separating the carriage from the horse.
2013 Buggy Accidents
December 26, 2013
Richmond, Indiana — Two Amish children were injured in an accident on a Round Barn Road North farm Thursday evening.
One child, a 1-year-old, was taken by CareFlight helicopter to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, and another, a 2-month-old, was taken by ambulance to Reid Hospital in Richmond.
December 24, 2013
Shipshewana, Indiana — US 20 near Shipshewana is back open this morning after being shut down late last night.
Around 9:30 police were called to the scene of car and buggy crash in LaGrange County.
Police tell WSBT three people were taken to the hospital. The horse was killed.
December 23, 2013
Ephrata, Pennsylvania — A horse was killed when the buggy it was pulling, operated by an 11-year-old girl, collided with a pickup truck Sunday in West Earl Township.
The crash occurred at 4:35 p.m. at South Farmersville Road and Sheaffers School Road.
December 10, 2013
Sanilac County, Michigan — Authorities in Sanilac County say minor injuries were reported after a pick-up truck and Amish buggy collided.
It happened Sunday on North Van Dyke Road in Greenleaf Township.
December 9, 2013
Potsdam, New York — Everyone escaped serious injury in a collision between a vehicle and an Amish buggy Sunday in the town of Hopkinton.
St. Lawrence County sheriff’s deputies say 36 year old Reynold Voisine of Potsdam was driving west on Route 11B when he failed to notice a buggy, operated by 36 year old Joe Miller, also of Potsdam, traveling in the same direction.
December 9, 2013
Cass City, Missouri — An Amish man and his horse were injured Sunday in a crash in Sanilac County’s Greenleaf Township.
The accident happened about 8 p.m. on Van Dyke Road north of Bay City-Forestville Road.
Michael Leavine, 50, of Port Austin was northbound on Van Dyke, driving a Dodge pickup, and didn’t see the Amish man’s buggy on the road until it was too late, investigators determined.
December 8, 2013
Hopkinton, New York — A Potsdam man’s vehicle collided with an Amish buggy Sunday evening on State Highway 11B that resulted in a child being injured and charges for the driver of the vehicle, according to St. Lawrence County sheriff’s deputies.
December 7, 2013
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — When a horse owned by an Amish family ran out onto a highway in rural Pennsylvania and collided with the van Amanda Mattern was riding in over the Labor Day weekend, the 37-year-old’s injuries left her in a coma.
November 30, 2013
Pulaski, Pennsylvania — Two members of an Amish family are dead and a third seriously injured after a crash Saturday in Wilmington Township.
Mercer County Coroner J. Bradley McGonigle III said the family’s buggy, westbound on Mercer-Pulaski Road, was hit from behind by the cab of a tractor-trailer.
November 29, 2013
Marion, Wisconsin — An Outagamie County man has been arrested after a crash involving an Amish buggy, according to a press release from the Shawano Co. Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators say the 38-year-old is suspected of driving under the influence.
November 25, 2013
Goshen, Indiana — One man is dead and a woman was taken to a hospital Monday, Nov. 25, after a van crashed into a horse-drawn buggy on S.R. 119, according to the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department.
The crash was called in at 5:36 p.m. on S.R. 119 between C.R. 38 and C.R. 13, located about 4 miles west of Goshen.
November 22, 2013
Sturgis Township, Michigan — One member of an Amish family suffered serious injuries after their buggy was rear-ended by a station wagon as both were traveling east bound on Fawn River Road near the Indiana border in Sturgis Township at about 3:30 yesterday afternoon.
November 21, 2013
Lebanon County, Ohio — A Lebanon County man who was checking his smartphone while driving crashed into the back of a horse-drawn buggy late Tuesday in South Lebanon Township, according to township police.
November 13, 2013
Belmont County, Ohio — Belmont County 911 has confirmed that an Amish buggy has been struck by a vehicle, and one person was reportedly injured.
The accident occurred on State Route 145 early Wednesday morning in an area known as Copper Kettle Turn, about 1/4 mile outside Beallsville.
November 13, 2013
Monroe County, Ohio — One person was taken to a hospital after a car struck an Amish buggy on Wednesday.
The crash happened just before 8 a.m. on State Route 149, near the Copper Kettle Turn, just outside of Beallsville.
November 11, 2013
Easton, Maine — Police are looking for a car involved in an alleged hit-and-run accident that destroyed a horse-drawn buggy Monday afternoon.
Maine State Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run collision at approximately 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11. A horse-drawn buggy was traveling southbound on Route 1A when a southbound car allegedly struck the buggy, pushing it off the road onto a lawn, according to a press release from Troop F of the Maine State Police.
November 4, 2013
Pennsylvania — Two separate horse and buggy crashes in the Midstate Sunday night killed one woman and injured three teenage girls.
Barbara King, 21, of Holtwood, Lancaster County, died after a tractor-trailer struck a horse and buggy Sunday night on Route 30. She died at Lancaster General Hospital, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
October 30, 2013
New York — One person was injured in an accident between a school bus and an Amish buggy Tuesday in the Town of Lewis, officials said.
According to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, Adirondack Central School bus driver Joseph J. Mihalko was making a left turn onto Kirk Road from Statzer Road when he hit the back of an Amish buggy. After the buggy was hit, the horse began to run down Statzer Road, which caused the buggy to overturn.
October 29, 2013
Clayton, New York — A horse was killed on Thursday night when a van sideswiped an Amish buggy on Route 12 in the town of Clayton at about 7 p.m. Thursday.
The driver of the van was Joeylynn M. Ramseier, 40, of Clayton, state police said. The two unidentified occupants of the buggy were ejected but walked away from the crash. Ms. Ramseier also was not injured.
The horse pulling the buggy died at the scene. No tickets were issued, state police said.
October 25, 2013
Clayton, New York — Everyone walked away from an accident Thursday involving an Amish buggy in the town of Clayton.
It happened just after 7 p.m. on Route 12 when 40 year old Joey-Lynn Ramseier sideswiped the buggy with her van.
The two passengers in the buggy were ejected, but weren’t injured.
October 14, 2013
Lampeter, Pennsylvania — Police say four members of an Amish family escaped serious injury when their buggy was hit by a sport-utility vehicle in south-central Pennsylvania.
West Lampeter Township police on Monday released additional information about the crash that occurred Sunday about 3:20 p.m.
Police say a 76-year-old Quarryville woman was driving a Jeep Cherokee when she rear-ended the buggy. Police plan to cite that woman for careless driving, but The Associated Press is not identifying her because the citation hadn’t been filed by Monday afternoon.
October 14, 2013
Lancaster, Pennsylvania — At least one person was injured in an accident involving a horse and buggy and a car Sunday in West Lampeter Township.
The accident occurred at 3:30 p.m. at Beaver Valley Pike and Otsu Road.
Initial reports indicated a male was lying in the roadway and an infant needed to be checked by medics.
October 10, 2013
McIntire — A McIntire woman was injured in a truck-buggy accident near McIntire Thursday morning.
Joni Beachy, 19, driver of the buggy, was airlifted to St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn. by Mercy Airlife, according to the Mitchell County Sheriff’s Department. The condition of Beachy is not known. It is also not known whether she was alone in the buggy.
The driver of the pickup, Herman J. Hanson, 71, of LeRoy Minn., was uninjured. The horse pulling the buggy was killed.
September 27, 2013
Indiana — The driver of an Amish buggy was killed after it collided with a pickup truck Sept. 26, according to Sgt. Noel Houze, Indiana State Police Versailles District public information officer.
About 10 p.m., a horse and buggy rig operated by Daniel X. Stoltzfus, approximately 18, Versailles, was traveling northbound on U.S. 421 near County Road 450 S. when for unknown reasons the buggy crossed over into the southbound lane where it was struck head-on by a southbound 2001 Ford F250, four wheel drive pickup truck driven by Wilma E. Asher, 53, Versailles.
September 27, 2013
Sonara, Kentucky — Two people suffered minor injuries Thursday morning in crash between a van a horse-drawn buggy in LaRue County.
The accident happened around 8:20 a.m. in the 6000 block of KY 84 when, according to Kentucky State Police, the driver of the van, Lisa Marie Johnson, 42, of Bonnieville, Kentucky hit the back of the buggy while trying to pass.
The operators of the buggy, Mose Yoder, 51, and Emma Yoder, 50, of Sonora, were taken to Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown with minor injuries. The buggy sustained significant damage and was rendered inoperable. The horses were not injured.
September 17, 2013
Hillsdale, Michigan — Three people were injured Saturday when a van rear-ended an Amish buggy on Broom Road west of Coman Road in Waldron.
Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a call at approximately 8:47 a.m. Saturday and were assisted by Waldron Fire and Ambulance.
According to a press release from the sheriff’s department, a van operated by Ronald Dean Harmon, 79, of Waldron was traveling east on Broom Road when he struck a buggy operated by a 30-year-old Amish man, Ely R. Shelter.
Harmon told deputies the sun was in his eyes and he did not see the buggy, which was also traveling east. Shelter and his two juvenile sons were ejected from the buggy and sent into a ditch on the south side of the road.
September 11, 2013
Belleville – A 13-year-old Amish boy is dead and an 8-year-old boy is severely injured after a crash involving their wooden wagon and a pick-up truck Tuesday near Belleville, according to a report from Pennsylvania State Police Lewistown.
Police said Jonathan L. Staley, 19, of Belleville, was driving a 1992 Ford F150 south on Waynesburg Road around 3:38 p.m. As he crested a hill, Staley saw the boys coasting down the hill in the wagon and they began to drift from the left side of the road across his line of travel to the right side of the road, according to the report.
September 6, 2013
Country Road 22, Pennsylvania — A Goshen child is suffering from possible life-threatening injuries after the horse-drawn buggy she was riding in was rear-ended by an SUV.
It happened Friday morning on County Road 22 about three miles southwest of Middlebury.
Elkhart County Sheriff’s deputies say the driver of the SUV hit with such force, it threw the buggy operator out of the wagon. 29 year-old Linda Yoder suffered head and lower back pain. However, the 5 year-old girl riding with Yoder suffered more severe head injuries and was not conscious when emergency crews arrived on scene.
September 6, 2013
Sheridan Township, Michigan — Police say the driver of an Amish buggy was injured after failing to yield at an intersection and crashed with a motor vehicle in Clare County’s Sheridan Township.
The crash occurred at 2:08 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, at the intersection of Hoover and Adams, the Clare County Sheriff’s Department reports.
“Investigation revealed that an Amish buggy failed to yield at a posted stop sign causing a vehicle to collide with the buggy,” according to a statement from the sheriff’s department.
September 6, 2013
St. Mary’s County, Maryland — Two men have been hospitalized after their motorcycles crashed with an Amish horse and buggy in St. Mary’s County, Md. Thursday afternoon.
Donald L. Fridell, Jr. 52, and Lawrence F. Jones, 81, both of Lothian, Md. were riding their motorcycles westbound along Route 6 close to Culver Lane. An oncoming horse and buggy, operated by 48-year-old Lyna H. Fisher of Mechanicsville, Md., failed to yield to the motorcycles while making a turn and collided with the men.
September 5, 2013
West Lampeter Township, Pennsylvania — A young woman was hospitalized Wednesday after a car struck her horse and buggy in West Lampeter Township, police said.
The 21-year-old woman was traveling east in the 1800 block of Rockvale Road when a car driven by Tichaona Kamumvuri, 42, of Lancaster city, hit the rear of the buggy shortly before 8 a.m., township police Officer Melissa Ransing said.
“(Kamumvuri) said he couldn’t see her because of the blinding sun,” the officer said. “He was coming over a little hill and never saw the buggy.”
September 3, 2013
Paradise Township, Pennsylvania — A Lancaster County woman was severely injured early Sunday after a horse ran onto Route 30 and collided with the vehicle in which she was riding. State police said the horse broke the passenger side windshield and became stuck inside the vehicle.
Amada Mattern, 37, of Mountville, who was riding in the front passenger seat, was taken to Lancaster General Hospital with a head injury, police said. The collision took place in in Paradise Twp. in Lancaster County.
The horse had broken free from an Amish owner who was trying to hitch it to a buggy following a gathering of Amish, according to state police.
September 2, 2013
Ohio — Ocasio said the buggy was occupied by two men, while the vehicle contained two people. The buggy was disabled and one wheel was “destroyed,” while the car sustained a flat tire, he said.
The horse pulling the buggy was not hurt, Ocasio said. “Everyone was very lucky,” he said.
August 30, 2013
Wisconsin — Lafayette County authorities are investigating a hit-and-run crash in which an Amish buggy was struck Sunday morning.
The unknown vehicle was driving westbound on Wisconsin 81 around 8:30 a.m. when it tried to pass the buggy and hit the rear driver’s side of the buggy, according to the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department.
August 23, 2013
Milton Township — A man was injured Thursday afternoon in a rear-end collision involving an Amish horse cart on County Road 1356.
Preliminary Sheriff’s Office reports indicated that Eli Miller, 39, 1327 Township Road 1353, was travelling westbound in a horse-drawn two-wheel cart at about 1:50 p.m. when he was struck from behind by a Volvo Station wagon in front of 1202 County Road 1356.
August 22, 2013
Kendall — A 31-year-old Belmont man was arrested after a car–Amish-buggy crash in the Town of Kendall Sunday evening.
Rory W. Buss faces charges of causing injury by operating a motor vehicle while under the influence and hit-and-run–cause injury.
August 22, 2013
East Otto, New York — The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an accident involving a three year-old child that was thrown from a buggy this past weekend.
The accident happened on East Otto-Springfield Road in the town of East Otto Saturday night.
Police say Dominic Fiorello was traveling south on the road when he hit the buggy with his car.
August 16, 2013
Newport, New York — Several police, fire, and rescue crews rushed to the scene of an accident on Newport Rd., in the Herkimer County village, Thursday.
The original call, received at approximately 7 a.m., indicated that a van collided with an Amish buggy along the side of the road, causing one person to need extraction from the motor vehicle.
August 7, 2013
Martin Road, Pennsylvania — A New Holland man was injured Wednesday morning when a car struck a horse and buggy along Route 322 in Earl Township, police said.
Raymond Zimmerman, 45, was driving a horse and buggy on Martin Road when he tried to cross Division Highway (Route 322) at about 7:30 a.m., New Holland police Officer Dan Achenbach said.
A car driven by Audrey Williams, 56, of Narvon, missed the horse but struck the buggy, destroying it.
August 7, 2013
Jackson Township, Ohio — Troopers from the Ashland Post of the State Highway Patrol are investigating a fatal crash on US 42 that involved an Amish buggy.
The incident happened around 10 a.m. Tuesday when Robert Kanuch Sr. of Nova, Ohio struck an Amish buggy headed northbound on US 42 forcing the driver of the buggy, 66-year-old Jacob Swartzentruber, of Polk, Ohio, to be thrown out of the buggy.
August 2, 2013
Highway 47, Virginia — Two Cullen residents were injured and a horse was put down in a crash last Wednesday just before noon.
According to the Virginia State Police, Noah S. Hertzler, age 44 of Cullen, was travelling with his wife on Highway 47 in a buggy drawn by a horse. Approximately 100 feet north of Rt. 661, the Hertzler buggy was struck from behind by a vehicle.
August 2, 2013
Carmont Avenue SW, Ohio — Six members of the family were just leaving their home in the 5000 block of Carmont Avenue SW, heading southbound when a vehicle driven by a Brewster man also driving south attempted to pass them on the left on a double yellow line, said Trooper David Blubaugh with the Ohio Highway Patrol. The left rear wheel of the buggy was struck, sending the buggy off the roadway and causing minor damage to the front end of the car. The driver of the car will be cited for a misdemeanor charge of assured clear distance, Blubaugh said.
“I just opened my garage door and saw the car hit the back of the Amish (buggy),” said neighbor Teresa Siffrin. “I saw the blue (color of their clothing) go flying and I started screaming. I’m running out in my driveway screaming. This kid who hit them starts to leave, and I’m screaming to stop. They’re good people.”
July 31, 2013
Kentucky – 6 Year old child thrown from horse-drawn buggy in hit-and-run crash — The buggy, carrying Nevin Detweiler, 30, Mariam Detweiler, 29, and five children, ages 7, 6, 5, 3 and 8 months, all of Munfordville, was traveling west on Ky. 88 when it was struck in the rear by a vehicle that left the scene.
July 24, 2013
Montgomery, Indiana — Authorities say a southern Indiana teenager has died from her injuries after being thrown from a horse-drawn cart struck by a pickup truck.
Daviess County sheriff’s deputies say 17-year-old Amy Wagler of Montgomery was a passenger in a horse-drawn cart that was struck Monday night on a rural road by a pickup driven by 17-year-old Tristan Wagler of Montgomery.
July 24, 2013
Route 414, New York — The Seneca County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a car verse horse and buggy accident that happened in the town of Romulus on Tuesday.
Sheriff’s Deputies say John Stoltzfus, 18, of Romulus, was in his horse and buggy going southbound on Route 414 when he turned left into the path of an oncoming car. Stoltzfus was transported to Strong Hospital where he is being treated for head injuries.
July 22, 2013
Pawnee City, Nebraska — An Amish teenager died Sunday morning near Pawnee City, Neb., after the horse-drawn buggy in which he was riding was struck from behind by a car.
Rueben Yoder, 17, and his sister Fannie Yoder, 20, were riding in the buggy, which was eastbound on Nebraska Highway 8-50 about 3½ miles east of Pawnee City when a car driven by Vivian Cockrell, 56, struck it from behind, according to Pawnee County Sherriff Jayme Reed.
July 22, 2013
Pontotoc, Mississippi — The Mississippi Highway Patrol late Wednesday investigated a traffic accident involving an Amish buggy and car on Highway 341 in Pontotoc County near the Algoma Community. The MHP says when they arrived on the scene it appeared that Lauren L. Purdon, 19, of Thaxton, was traveling south on 341 in a 2004 Nissan Altima when her vehicle apparently collided into a horse and buggy.
July 11, 2013
Highwasy 22, New York — An Amish buggy crash that resulted in injuries to four people and the euthanization of the buggy’s horse allegedly was caused by a van driver falling asleep.
The crash happened at about 8:50 a.m. Thursday on Highway 22 north of Highway 33 in Columbia County.
Dennis Thom, 62, rural Pardeeville, admitted to investigators of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office that he fell asleep and rear-ended the buggy carrying three children and two adults.
July 9, 2013
Charleston, Illinois — An eastern Illinois man was in jail Monday after a hit-and-run collision that killed a 16-year cyclist and injured four others who were riding back from an Amish farm-trade show.
Leonard J. Beachy of Flat Rock was hit by a car just after 9 p.m. Saturday as he rode along a two-lane road just south of Charleston with his two brothers and two other men, Coles County sheriff’s Det. John Clough said. Charleston is about 50 miles south of Champaign.
July 1, 2013
Listowel Road, Ontario (Canada) — A 15-year-old boy was transported to McMaster Hospital in Hamilton yesterday afternoon, after the horse and buggy he was riding in crashed with a car.
Waterloo Regional Police say a Chrysler Neon was in the process of passing a Mennonite buggy on Listowel Road near Line 86 near Elmira. Both vehicles were heading northbound when the buggy suddenly turned out in front of the car and they crashed.
July 1, 2013
Salisbury Township, Pennsylvania — At least five people were injured in Salisbury Township Friday night, when a car collided with a horse and buggy.
The injured were an adult and four children, ages 2, 4, 6 and an infant, all occupants of the buggy. They were transported to Lancaster General Hospital. Their conditions are not known.
2012 Buggy Accidents
December 29, 2012
NAPPANEE – Police say a Milford toddler and her father are in serious condition after their buggy was struck by a car Friday night.
December 24, 2012
Fairchild WI – A crash between a car and a horse-drawn buggy seriously injured a Fairchild woman, the Wisconsin State Patrol said.
The crash happened at 7:21 p.m. Sunday on Highway 10 at County M in Jackson County, near Fairchild.
December 12, 2012
HEUVELTON NY — The driver of an Amish buggy escaped injury Tuesday afternoon when a Buick Enclave crashed into the rear of the buggy, state police said.
December 3, 2012
Ovid, N.Y. – Six Amish people were hurt Sunday when a car hit the horse-drawn buggy they were riding in. Police say a car driven by 29-year-old Natalie Covert hit the buggy on County Road 139. The buggy flipped, throwing all six people from it.
November 20, 2012
NY — An Amish infant was airlifted to a Syracuse hospital following a car-buggy accident in Lewis County Tuesday morning. Sheriff’s deputies say a car collided with an Amish buggy carrying a woman and a child shortly before 8 a.m. on Route 12 in the town of Harrisburg.
Update: HARRISBURG, N.Y. — Authorities say a 9-month-old Amish girl has died from injuries suffered when the buggy she was riding in was hit by a vehicle on a northern New York road.
November 18, 2012
PA — Three people were injured when a car and horse and buggy crashed on Friday. Emergency dispatchers said the crash occurred at 8 p.m. at the intersection of Route 897 and Edgewood Drive in East Earl Township, Lancaster County.
November 16, 2012
KENNEDY, N.Y. — Two people were hurt Friday morning after a car and an Amish buggy collided in Chautauqua County. It happened around 9:30 a.m. on Mud Creek Road in Kennedy. State Police say after the crash, the horse took off, dragging part of the buggy with it.
November 6, 2012
LINWOOD, ONT.—A 13-year-old boy is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after the horse-drawn buggy he was driving was struck by a pickup truck northwest of Waterloo. Police say the boy was in the buggy last night with his nine-year-old brother as they headed to a neighbour’s home in Linwood to sell chocolate bars for a school fundraiser. Investigators say the horse suddenly got spooked and bolted across the road into the path of an oncoming pickup truck. The horse was killed instantly in the crash, which destroyed the buggy.
November 1, 2012
Barron County WI – Five people in a buggy were injured, some of them seriously, when a semi hit their vehicle in northwestern Wisconsin and then fled.
Brian J. Holst, 40, of Chetek confessed to hitting the buggy shortly before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, and leaving the scene, Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said. Police received a tip that a semi from Jennie-O could be involved Thursday morning.
October 29, 2012
WILMINGTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A woman was hospitalized Monday morning after a car collided with an Amish buggy in Lawrence County.
Authorities said the crash was reported about 8:30 a.m. on Covered Bridge Road in Wilmington Township.
According to police, the driver crested a hill, but by time he saw the buggy, he said he couldn’t stop.
October 23, 2012
Blandon woman dies in crash between horse-and-buggy, SUV
MAIDENCREEK TWP., Pa. – A shopping trip ended in tragedy Monday night when a Berks County couple’s horse-drawn buggy was struck by an SUV. The Mennonite couple were almost home from the Lowe’s store in Muhlenberg Township when the accident happened around 10:20 p.m. in the 800 block of Park Road in Maidencreek Township, near Fleetwood, police said.
October 21, 2012
LOUDONVILLE OH — A woman was thrown from her horse-drawn buggy Sunday when the cart was struck from behind on Ohio 3 South. Esther Barkman, 28, said she suffered only minor injuries. “I have a couple of scrapes, but I feel OK,” she said.
October 19, 2012
Driver Destroys Amish Buggy, Three Injured — Marienville State Police say a Clarion man collided with an Amish buggy Tuesday afternoon along Route 66 in Vowinckel. Four Amish men, of Tionesta, were traveling in the buggy at the time. Three were injured. Police say Joseph Matus, 40, of Clarion, couldn’t see the buggy because the sun was in his eyes, and struck it in the rear section.
October 16, 2012
CENTERVILLE IA — Two female occupants of an Amish buggy were injured after the buggy collided with a semi-trailer Tuesday morning in Appanoose County.
October 6, 2012
Grey County OPP are investigating a crash involving a horse and buggy and pick up truck near Tara.
The Grey Bruce Line between Grey Road 16 and Side Road 3 has been re-opened after police closed that stretch of road for several hours today.
September 30, 2012
Injuries believed minor in crash involving buggy — Injuries were believed to be minor following a crash involving a horse and buggy Sunday evening.
The collision was reported at about 8:45 p.m. on William Hastings Line, west of Manser Road. It’s believed the horse broke loose after the buggy was struck by a vehicle.
September 30, 2012
Witnesses: Hit-and-run driver may have intentionally killed horse —- WARSAW IN – Police are investigating a shocking hit-and-run crash in Warsaw.Late Saturday night, officers were called to Enterprise Drive near U.S. 30 on the city’s north side after the driver of a car appears to have deliberately driven straight into a horse that was pulling an Amish wagon.
The Amish victims say the driver of the car drove past them headed south on Enterprise Dr. A Walmart manager said the car was then seen on store video turning around in the parking lot, headed straight back for the Amish wagon.
The people in the wagon told police the driver of the car, described as a white Grand Am, accelerated and drove straight into the horse. The impact killed the animal immediately and threw the wagon onto the curb. The passengers in the wagon were thrown but not hurt.
September 26, 2012
MANDATA – Five people, including an Amish family of four, escaped injury Tuesday morning in a collision of a car and horse-drawn buggy on Route 225 between Mandata and Pillow.
September 17, 2012
Buggy crash leaves one dead, one critical — Mary Beiler, 73, of Athens, a passenger in the buggy, was pronounced dead at the scene of a two-vehicle crash that happened just before 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Ivory and Townline roads in the town of Johnson, on the outskirts of Athens. Her husband, 71-year old Daniel Beiler, was the driver of the buggy.
September 15, 2012
Mora Minnasota — Everyone OK after motor vehicle, buggy accident — Wayne Bender is a bit sore but otherwise okay after his horse and buggy collided with a pickup truck Friday night around 8:30 p.m. just east of Mora. Bender said he was headed home from shopping at Coborns when he saw a vehicle approaching him from behind. Bender said he had a slow moving vehicle sign on the back of his buggy as well as both front and back lights hooked up to a battery.
September 12, 2012
One person in hospital after four-car crash near Elmira — FLORADALE — One person was taken to hospital in Kitchener after a four-car crash west of Elmira about 8 a.m. Wednesday. Firefighters, paramedics and police were called to 1580 Listowel Rd., after a car apparently crashed into a line of stopped cars.
Spetember 11, 2012
1 dead, 1 seriously hurt in Marathon Co. crash — MARATHON COUNTY (WAOW) – One person has died and another has been seriously hurt in a crash involving a truck and a buggy, Marathon County Sheriff’s officials confirm. It happened at 7:28 p.m. Tuesday in the Town of Johnson, west of Athens, at Ivory Road and Townline Road.
Sptember 9, 2012
5 injured when driver with revoked license crashes into Amish buggy in Green County Wisconsin, police say —— Five people were injured Sunday morning in Green County when a driver with a revoked license rear-ended the Amish buggy they were riding in, authorities reported.
September 6, 2012
Geauga County Ohio: Buggy accident sends baby to hospital. A 4-month-old was flown to Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital after an Amish buggy crash Thursday night.
August 30, 2012
CANTON, Mo. — A Canton man died Thursday as the result a truck-buggy accident on U.S. 61, fourth-tenths of a mile south of Mo. 16. Chris Yoder, 42, was pronounced dead at 7:42 p.m. by Adams County (Ill.) Coroner Jim Keller after being airlifted to Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Ill. The horse pulling the buggy died.
August 30, 2012
QUINCY TOWNSHIP, BRANCH COUNTY (WTVB) – The driver of a car told Branch County Sheriff’s Deputies he was blinded by the sun this morning and that’s why he struck an Amish buggy on Jonesville Road near Squires Road in Quincy Township. 53-year old Margaret Schmucker of Quincy was alone in the buggy and was ejected by the impact of the crash.
August 27, 2012
Car, Buggy Collide in Clare County MI — Only minor injuries were reported early Saturday morning after an Amish buggy was hit by a 2006 Chevrolet Express Van on M61 at Athey Road in Hamilton Township. The Clare County Sheriff’s Department reported that both vehicles were westbound on M61 when a 40-year old Gladwin man hit the buggy from behind. The man said he was distracted by a sneezing attack.
August 21, 2012
Vehicle rear-ends Amish buggy in Logan; 7 hurt — DEGRAFF, Logan County OH — Seven Amish residents were being treated for their injuries at two hospitals Tuesday night after the horse-drawn buggy they were in was rear-ended by a Jeep on Ohio 47. Six of the victims were taken to Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. The seventh was taken to Wilson Memorial Hospital in Sidney, according to Sgt. Tim Henn with the Ohio Highway Patrol post in Marysville.
August 19, 2012
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, MI — Two adults and their baby were thrown out of an Amish buggy after the driver of a vehicle hit the back end of the buggy, according to the Clare County Sheriff’s Office.
August 12, 2012
Deputies: Van Buren man on drugs crashes into Amish boy’s buggy, killing horse – Lowville, N.Y. — A Rescue Mission executive from Van Buren was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs after he crashed into the rear of an Amish boy’s buggy, resulting in the death of a horse, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
August 8, 2012
Two children hurt when buggy, vehicles collide — ASHLAND OH — Two children were injured in a crash involving two vehicles and a buggy this evening in the 800 block of Ohio 545.
August 7, 2012
Man treated for injuries after car collides with Amish horse and buggy — TRENTON, N.Y. (WKTV) – A man is being treated at a Utica hospital for back and torso injuries after the horse and carriage he was operating was struck by an automobile in the Town of Trenton.
July 26, 2012
Five in buggy hurt in Union County crash ALLENWOOD PA — The youngest daughter of a family whose horse-drawn buggy was smashed by a van in an accident Wednesday night was flown by medical helicopter to a hospital, and her two sisters and parents were also injured, state police at Milton said. All five in the buggy suffered unknown injuries after a Chrysler van rammed the back of the buggy as the family traveled west on Route 44, about a half-mile from the Route 15 intersection near Allenwood, around 7:50 p.m.
July 17, 2012
MARTINSBURG OH — An Amish woman and her 1-year-old daughter were injured when their buggy was hit by a car Monday at 9:30 a.m., just south of Martinsburg on Ohio 586. – Frances Swartzentruber, 27, and Rhoda Swartzentruber, 1, were taken to Knox Community Hospital by the Bladensburg Volunteer Fire Department. Calls to KCH for condition reports were unreturned at press time.
July 15, 2012
2 injured in Amish buggy accident in W. Wisconsin – Two people were injured in an accident involving a horse-drawn Amish buggy carrying six people in Shawano County in eastern Wisconsin. The sheriff’s office says a Marion Police Department officer who arrived on the scene around 2:30 p.m. Sunday was told the horse became spooked while going down Wisconsin Highway 45 in the Town of Grant. The horse bolted into the ditch and a wheel was torn off, causing the buggy to overturn.
July 13, 2012
Canada – Serious Horse and Buggy Crash – One young person has been airlifted to a London hospital after an early morning horse and buggy crash on Bruce Road 1 north of Lucknow. South Bruce OPP were called to the scene in Kinloss Township around 6:30 AM on Friday. Officers found a Blue Pontiac Montana had collided with a horse and buggy – as both were travelling northbound.
July 12, 2012
Wisconsin: Amish horse-drawn cart driver killed in Green Lake County crash — A 16-year-old boy was killed Wednesday when the horse-drawn Amish cart he was driving was struck by a pickup truck in Green Lake County, authorities reported. James Beechy of Markesan was pronounced dead at the scene after the cart was hit from behind by the pickup truck driven by Michael Dumke, 41, Kingston.
July 9, 2012
Trumbull County: Serious injuries in Amish buggy accident: MESOPOTAMIA TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Victims of an Amish buggy crash suffered serious injuries in Mesopotamia Township just after 1 a.m. Sunday. A horse-drawn buggy carrying seven people was headed north on Bundysburg Road, when a southbound minivan drove over the center line, striking the horse head-on. Both vehicles slid off the east side of the road.
July 9, 2012
Four people injured, 1 horse dead in buggy accident, police say sunshine could be to blame: WELLESLEY TOWNSHIP — Three children and an adult were injured after their horse and buggy were struck from behind by a car Sunday night.
July 9, 2012
1 child killed, 3 people hurt after buggy crashes into semi: LAGRANGE COUNTY, Ind. — A 9-month-old boy was killed and three others hurt after an Amish buggy crashed into a semi truck on State Road 120 just after noon on Monday.
July 8, 2012
MIDDLEFIELD, Ohio – Eight people were taken to area hospitals after an Amish buggy and van collided early Sunday morning, ONN’s affiliate WEWS reported.
June 27, 2012
Amish buggy crushed in truck crash: Couple, 2-year-old daughter badly hurt Joseph Swartzentruber, his wife Katie and their 2-year-old daughter Lizzie were rushed to Akron General Hospital and Akron Children’s Hospital in Akron, Ohio, after a Ford F-150 truck, driven by Justin Frey, struck them from behind.
June 25, 2012
Infant injured in hit-and-run crash — ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, N.Y. — Authorities in St. Lawrence County arrested a man following a hit-and-run with an Amish buggy. It happened on Irish Settlement Road in the town of Oswegatchie on Sunday.
June 25, 2012
Car Flees Scene After Hitting Amish Buggy — A hit-skip crash involving an Amish horse and buggy sent two people to the hospital in Hardin County last week. Kentontoday.com reports the crash happened last Thursday night, when a buggy was hit on County Road 144. The passengers in the buggy, a 50-year-old female and a 19-year-female were both taken to an undisclosed hospital by Lifeflight. An 11-year-old boy was not injured. The car involved in the crash fled the scene.
June 25, 2012
Accident kills buggy driver in Strasburg, PA —- The driver of a buggy died Sunday after he was dragged down a road by his runaway horse, which was pulling a carriage, in Strasburg Township, according to a fire official.
The victim, who was not identified by authorities Sunday night, was a driver for an area business offering buggy rides, the official said.
June 24, 2012
St. Lawrence County man rear ends an Amish Buggy, faces charges
St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Deputies have charged 23 year old Travis Quicke of Rensselaer Falls, with Leaving The Scene of a Personal Injury Accident and Un-inspected Motor Vehicle.
Police received a report of a motor vehicle and an Amish Buggy accident on the Irish Settlement Rd. in the Town of Oswegatchie. Investigators say Quicke rear ended the buggy and then fled the scene of the accident. Quicke was later located in the Town of Canton.
June 24, 2012
CHARITON COUNTY, MO. — A northeast Missouri man is recovering after being involved in an accident involving a horse-drawn carriage.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 54-year-old Andy Miller of Marceline, Mo. was seriously injured in a buggy accident on MO 5 near Mike Road.
June 23, 2012
Horse and buggy hit by car on Manitoba (Canada) highway
A buggy being pulled by two horses was struck by a car on Highway 6, north of St. Laurent, Man., Friday night, sending three people to hospital with undetermined injuries. The horses were not hurt. According to RCMP, the collision happened around 7:45 p.m. CT. The three people taken to hospital were adult men in the buggy.
June 10, 2012
BRANCH COUNTY, Mich.—Four people were injured when a car failed to slow and struck an Amish buggy Saturday evening.
The three — driver Marcus Miller, 23, of Quincy; passenger Amy Miller, 23, of Quincy; and passenger Reuben Eicher, 64, of Quincy — all were transported by Lifecare Ambulance to the Community Health Center of Branch County in Coldwater where no condition reports were available Sunday.
May 31, 2012
CAMDEN, MI (WTVB) – Michigan State Police say a 10 month old baby boy died of injuries suffered when he was ejected from his Amish buggy, which was struck from behind by mini-van near Camden in Hillsdale County.
May 29, 2012
The 15-year-old driver of a horse and buggy was asleep when the buggy collided with a school bus in East Drumore Township on Tuesday, state police said.
May 21, 2012
WAYNE COUNTY, Ind. (WISH) – Two people were injured overnight in an accident involving an Amish buggy in Wayne County. Police there say the accident happened just before 3 a.m. Monday on State Road 1, just south of Interstate 70.
May 18, 2012
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Pa. — An adult and nine children suffered minor injuries when a Jeep crashed into an Amish buggy on Friday. The crash happened around 11 a.m. in Big Run Borough on Route 119. Officials at the scene said the Jeep changed lanes and tried to pass the buggy when the crash happened.
May 15, 2012
Clare, MI: Just after 2:00 p.m. today a truck slammed into the rear of an Amish Buggy, just south of Dollar General on S. Clare Ave., sending at least one person to the emergency room. Shown here is whats left of the buggy and emergency personnel attending to the injured. More information will be announced as we receive it.
May 10, 2012
MARYSVILLE OH — Troopers of the Marysville Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol reported four people were injured in a crash involving a car and buggy that occurred at 7:55 a.m. Wednesday on State Route 31 at County Road 340 in Union County.
May 8, 2012
GLADWIN COUNTY – An accident involving a truck and an Amish buggy Fridaynight resulted in injuries for the occupants of both vehicles, and the death of the horse driving the buggy. According to the Gladwin County Sheriff Department report, the accident occurred around 10:15 p.m. on Friday, May 4 at the corner of South Bard and Buzzell roads.
May 5, 2012
Boonville — A Wednesday night accident between an automobile and horse-drawn carriage has put two men in the hospital. Around 9 p.m., Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to the incident, which occurred on Highway 87, about a half-mile south of Logan Road near Prairie Home.
April 27, 2012 — Third person dies after buggy crash
ADAMS COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — The Adams County Sheriff’s Department announced Friday that a third person who was riding in a buggy when a van crashed into it last week, died overnight. Police said 17-year-old Jerry Schwartz died in a Fort Wayne hospital as a result of the injuries he suffered when 21-year-old Chandler Gerber crashed a van into the buggy that was carrying him and five other people near the intersection of S.R. 124 and C.R. 400 W, just before 8 a.m. on April 17, 2012. A three-year-old boy and a five-year-old girl were also killed in the crash.
April 17, 2012
ADAMS COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) A Tuesday morning crash in rural Adams Co. has killed one person and injured five others. Just before 8:00 a.m., the sheriff’s department received a 911 call about the crash, near the intersection of S.R. 124 and C.R. 400 W. That’s about three miles west of Monroe.
April 10, 2012
Two teens were slightly injured Monday night when the Amish buggy they were riding in was struck by a pickup truck in Lafayette County, with the pickup truck driver failing to stop after the crash, authorities reported.
April 4, 2012
Parkman OH: The Chardon Post of the Ohio Highway Patrol is investigating a Sunday night crash that injured a teenage girl. According to the preliminary crash report, a 2001 Kia and an Amish buggy both were northbound on Route 528 in Parkman Township at around 10 p.m. Sunday.
March 15, 2012
Pike County MO: A man in a horse-drawn buggy and the driver of a 2003 Cadillac Escalade suffered moderate injuries in a crash earlier today in Pike County. The driver of the buggy failed to yield at an intersection, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.
March 12, 2012
Five family members were taken to a hospital, where they were treated and released, after a pickup truck slammed into the back of their horse-drawn buggy in Rapho Township Sunday morning, police said. Glare from the sun likely caused the wreck, according to Manheim Borough police Chief Joe Stauffer.
March 6, 2012
New York state law enforcement officials say two Amish children are in critical condition after the horse-drawn buggy they were in was rear-ended by a package delivery driver. The auto accident was about 330 miles north of Newburgh in the border town of Massena, in St. Lawrence County. State police said the buggy had two women and four kids in it. One of the women apparently suffered a spinal injury in the accident, while the other woman and the other two children were reportedly treated at a nearby hospital for their injuries and released.
March 1, 2012
Boonville — A mid-morning Cooper County accident has put an Amish man in the hospital. According to Missouri Highway Patrol Lieutenant Jerry C. West, an horse-driven buggy was traveling northbound on Highway 87, about six miles south of I-70, when it was struck by a Chevrolet S-10 pickup, also traveling northbound.
February 28, 2012
ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY — Two amish children are being treated at Upstate University Hospital after their buggy was hit by a Fed Ex truck. The accident happened Monday afternoon on Route 37 in Massena. State Police said all six people in the buggy were taken to Massena Memorial Hospital, but a woman and two three-year-old children have been transfered to Upstate in Syracuse. The children are listed in critical condition.
February 6, 2012
Two horse-drawn buggies were struck from behind by hit-and-run drivers in the past two days, police said. A young woman was injured early Monday when a vehicle struck the back of a horse-drawn buggy in Paradise Township, state police at Lancaster said. Amos King Jr., 19, of Quarryville, was driving a horse and buggy south on South Belmont Road, south of Lincoln Highway East, when another southbound vehicle struck the buggy from behind at 12:43 a.m., they said. Ruthann Zook, 18, of Paradise, one of two women riding on the back of the buggy, was injured in the crash, police said.
February 6, 2012
Driver injured in SUV-buggy crash NAVARRE OH — A Navarre man sustained minor injuries after his SUV struck a horse-drawn buggy and flipped onto its roof Monday morning near Warmington Road and Carmont Avenue SW.
February 4, 2012
Nine injured in crash involving truck, Amish buggy WOOSTER OH — Nine people were taken to area hospitals after a Ford F-150 pickup truck collided with an Amish buggy Saturday morning, according to a dispatcher with the Ohio Highway Patrol’s Wooster post. The injuries were described as not life-threatening. The names of those injured were not available Saturday night.
January 29, 2012
SUGAR CREEK TWP. — Alcohol use is suspected in a two-vehicle crash that occurred around 5:50 p.m. Sunday on Elton Street, just west of Smith Road, that sent a Brewster man to Affinity Medical Center with serious injuries, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol’s Canton Post.
January 28, 2012
Four people hurt in truck vs. buggy crash in Clark Co.Four people including a baby were taken to the hospital after a truck crashed into a buggy.
January 23, 2012
Buggy collision claims boy’s life: Funeral services were held Wednesday for a young boy killed in a buggy collision last Friday. Eleven-year-old Landis Martin died as a result of injuries sustained when the buggy in which he was a passenger was hit from behind by a pickup truck.
January 17, 2012
GRAVES COUNTY – Five Amish children were dragged several feet in an overturned buggy on Saturday in Graves County, Kentucky after being hit by a sports utility vehicle. The old-fashioned carriage, unadorned by the bright orange safety signs that have caused quite a stir in local Amish circles recently, was then knocked into a ditch. While the passengers of the wagon, aged between seven and 15, survived the incident unscathed, a teenage boy who was driving the horse-drawn buggy has been cited for failing to display the regulation orange triangle.
January 16, 2012
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP – Minor injuries were reported following a vehicle versus buggy accident at 10:50 a.m. Wednesday in the 800 block of Beechton Road in Washington Township, the DuBois-based state police reported.
January 14, 2012
WELLINGTON NORTH, Ont. — An 11-year-old boy is dead after a pickup truck collided with a horse-drawn buggy in a rural community northwest of Guelph. Provincial police in the township of Wellington North say the crash took place on Sideroad 7 West around 11:30 p.m. Friday.
January 9, 2012
Driverless horse and buggy found on Wisconsin 23 after driver thrown in crash An Amish man was slightly injured Sunday night when he was thrown from his buggy when it was struck from behind by a vehicle, with the driverless horse and buggy found running down a state highway near Darlington, authorities reported. Jacob King, 30, of Darlington, was driving the buggy on Wisconsin 23 in the town of Willow Springs in Lafayette County at about 10:50 p.m. when the buggy was struck by an unknown vehicle, the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.
2011 Buggy Accidents
December 18, 2011
Two people hurt in car vs. buggy crash in Monroe Co. — CLIFTON, Wis. (WEAU) – Two people are hurt in a car vs. buggy crash in Monroe County. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department says the crash happened around 7:30 p.m. Sunday on Highway 71 at the intersection of King Road in the Town of Clifton….The buggy over turned in the roadway. Two passengers in the Buggy where injured.
December 13, 2011
One killed, two injured in buggy crash — Elhart IN, Marion Yoder, 59, was killed Tuesday when a car crashed into his buggy at the intersection of County Road 38 and County Road 31 around 5:45 p.m. Marion’s wife Edith and his grandson Caleb, 8, were also injured in the accident. Police tell NewsCenter 16 a Buick driven by Joshua Smoker, 34, was traveling east on C.R. 38 when it hit the buggy traveling south on C.R. 31. The family was ejected from the buggy.
December 2, 2011
PUNXSUTAWNEY, JEFFERSON COUNTY – State police report at 8:46 Thursday along Route T686 a horse pulling a buggy got scared. The horse pulled the buggy off of the road and into an embankment then, overturned.
November 30, 2011
Amish Teen Seriously Hurt After Elderly Driver Slams Into His Buggy in Webster County
The Seymour Missouri Highway Patrol says an Amish teenager driving a buggy was sent to the hospital this morning after a crash. It happened on Highway “O”, four miles northwest of Seymour in Webster County. Troopers say an SUV driven by an 87 year old man hit the buggy. Eighteen year old Peter Zook was thrown from the buggy. He was seriously injured and flown to a Springfield hospital.
Update: December 5, 2011
An Amish teenager has died after he was involved in an accident near Seymour last week. The Missouri Highway Patrol said 18-year-old Peter Zook was declared dead at St. John’s Hospital shortly before 5 p.m. Friday.
November 23, 2011
Man fined for horse-and-buggy crash — KITCHENER — A young Listowel man was fined $700 Wednesday after pleading guilty to careless driving in connection with a horrific crash that ejected four family members from a horse-and-buggy in 2010. Dakota Adams, 20, was facing four criminal charges of dangerous driving causing bodily harm. But the prosecutor dropped those charges in Kitchener’s Ontario Court.
November 18, 2011
Ky. Amish teen killed when SUV strikes buggy — CUB RUN, Ky. (AP) – An Amish teenager was killed when the horse-drawn buggy he was driving without a safety reflector was struck from behind by a sport-utility vehicle in south-central Kentucky. Aaron Byler, 18, of Cub Run was thrown from the buggy by the collision late Thursday afternoon and died while being airlifted to a hospital.
November 15, 2011
Driver crashes into Amish buggy, distracted by cellphone — A Mineral Point man distracted by his cellphone crashed into the rear of an Amish buggy in Grant County Monday night, ejecting all four occupants from the buggy, but no one was seriously hurt, authorities said. The crash was reported to the Grant County Sheriff’s Department at about 7:20 p.m. Monday on U.S. 18 just east of Tormey Road, about two miles east of the village of Fennimore.
November 6, 2011
SUV hits Amish buggy in NY, killing 2-year-old — LEON, N.Y. — Authorities say an SUV rear-ended an Amish buggy in southwestern New York, killing a 2-year-old boy and injuring four of his siblings. The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened late Saturday morning in Leon, a small town about 40 miles south of Buffalo.
November 1, 2011
Manheim teen hurt in buggy crash — A 16-year-old Manheim boy suffered major injury when a van struck the horse-drawn buggy he was driving in Rapho Township on Sunday morning, police said. It appeared that extreme glare and blinding from the sun contributed to the 8 a.m. crash, state police at Ephrata reported Tuesday.
Car and Amish Buggy Collide, Killing Horse in New York October 31, 2011 MYFOXNY.COM – A car overtaking an Amish horse and buggy in upstate New York slammed into another horse and buggy coming the opposite way, fatally wounding that horse, on Saturday, October 29, 2011, the State Police said. The accident happened on Route 30A, in the Town of Glen, northwest of Albany. |
4 people in Amish buggy injured in crash October 31, 2011 QUINCY, Mich. — A pickup truck has crashed into an Amish buggy in southern Michigan, injuring a man and three children. Authorities in Branch County say the 64-year-old driver of the pickup is suspected of drunken driving. The crash occurred around 6:45 p.m. Sunday. |
Car Strikes Horse, Buggy In Neshannock Township October 13, 2011 NESHANNOCK TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Minor injuries were reported after a horse and buggy carrying a woman and two children was struck by a car in Neshannock Township. Police said the buggy was on the berm of Route 18 when it was struck by a car being driven by a New Castle woman. A woman and her two children, ages 3 and 8 months, were in the buggy at the time of the crash. Police said no one was seriously injured. After the crash, the horse ran from the scene and was corralled a short distance away, police said. No charges are expected to be filed. |
4 Amish children hurt in Wis. buggy crash TOWN OF MARCELLON, Wis.— Four Amish children are seriously hurt after a collision between a buggy and a sport utility vehicle in south-central Wisconsin. Columbia County sheriff’s authorities say the horse and buggy was leaving a country store when the crash happened Thursday morning in the Town of Marcellon. The four children were thrown from the horse and buggy. Two of the children were flown by Medflight to UW Hospital in Madison with life-threatening injuries. The other two children were taken to Divine Savior Hospital in Portage with serious injuries. |
Child killed when car hits horse and buggy A 12-year-old girl is dead after the horse and buggy she was traveling in was struck by a car in St. Mary’s County, police said. Shortly before 7:40 p.m. Saturday, the driver of an Amish horse and buggy attempted to cross the intersection of Route 5 from Oaks Road to Mount Wolf Road in Charlotte Hall, Md. According to police, the buggy had the green light when the driver began to cross the road, but the light changed to red before the crossing was complete. |
2 injured after buggy crash The man stated the sun was in his eyes when he collided with the back of the wagon, being driven by a 27-year-old man and 34-year-old man, both of Loyal. The buggy rolled into a ditch on the northside of the road, ejecting one of the men and killing a horse, according to Wood County Sheriff’s Department accident report. |
September 22, 2011 On Wednesday, September 21, around 3:30 p.m., a truck rear-ended a horse-drawn buggy just south of Clarissa. According to the Todd County Sheriff’s Office, the buggy was headed south on County Road 11, just south of County Road 84, when it was hit by a 2001 GMC Sonoma. The truck was driven by Jesse Kampsen of Deer Creek. There were reportedly seven people in the buggy at the time of the accident. A female passenger and her 6-month-old baby were injured. They were taken to Long Prairie Hospital for treatment. Details of their injuries were not reported. |
September 5, 2011 MIDDLEBURY, Ind. — A second child has died and four remain injured after their pony cart was struck by an SUV in the 10500 block of County Road 24 in Middlebury Monday. According to the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department, around 10 a.m. the children pulled out onto the road and into the path of the eastbound SUV. One child, 10-year-old Jenna Miller, died at the scene. And around 5:40 p.m. the sheriff’s department confirmed for WSBT that 7-year-old Jolisa Miller died after being airlifted to Parkview Hospital. |
August 31, 2001 PAOLI, IN (WAVE) – Two people were sent to area hospitals after a car collided with an Amish buggy in southern Indiana. It happened around 9 o’clock Tuesday night on State Road 56 near Lynd Road just east of Paoli in Orange County. |
August 30, 2011 Ashland OH: One injury was reported this morning when a southbound pickup truck rear-ended an Amish buggy on U.S. 42 south of County Road 601. The crash occurred at about 7 a.m. There were three occupants in the buggy. One was transported to the hospital to be treated for injuries that didn’t appear to be life-threatening. U.S. 42 was closed while the Highway Patrol investigated the crash and the wreckage was cleared. — Ashland Times Gazzette |
August 25, 2011 Kickapoo, WI (WXOW) -Two people are injured after their horse drawn buggy was hit by a car. It a happened shortly before 7:30 Thursday morning in the Town of Kickapoo. According to the Vernon County Sheriff’s Department 38-year-old Marny Gillen of Viroqua was traveling on U.S. Highway 14 when she collided into the back of a buggy. 26-year-old Rudy Stutzma and 22-year-old Daniel Stutzma both from Readstown were ejected from the buggy in the crash. Due to the extent of their injuries, both were airlifted to hospitals. |
August 26, 2011 Lancaster PA, Five members of an Amish family were injured when a car collided with their buggy Friday night in Colerain Township, officials said. The crash happened in the 1500 block of Kirkwood Pike around 9:30 p.m. “The buggy was rear-ended by the car,” Quarryville Fire Company Chief Jamie Welk said. The buggy was carrying two adults and three children, including an infant, Welk said. Two people were in the vehicle. They weren’t injured. The most seriously injured were the two Amish adults; one sustained a serious leg injury and the other a gash to the head. |
August 20, 2011 CONGRESS TOWNSHIP, Ohio—
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August 12, 2011 Hillsdale, Mich. — Michigan State Police (MSP) investigators worked on Jonesville Road Wednesday afternoon trying to reconstruct a Tuesday evening accident that killed Amy Eicher, 58, who was riding in an Amish buggy. Shaun Stukey, 21, of Hillsdale, came over the top of a hill, just west of Briggs Road, when his 2008 Chevrolet Silverado impacted the rear of the buggy knocking it on its top it into a ditch and killing the horse. Both women in the buggy were thrown into the brush at the side of the road. The impact occurred about 100 yards from the top of the hill as both vehicles were westbound. |
August 10, 2011
Five people were involved in the crash, including four from the Amish family and the driver of the car. The Barren County Sheriff’s Department says Deborah Edwards, 55, crossed the center line and hit the horse and buggy. |
August 10, 2011
BRANCH COUNTY, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – State Police are investigating a deadly crash in Branch County involving a horse and buggy. That crash happened Tuesday night on Jonesville Road near Quincy. There a pick-up truck crashed into the back of the buggy, killing a woman and injuring her daughter. The crash happened in an area known for its Amish population, an area where cars and horses and buggies travel and the same road. On Tuesday night, that combination took a deadly turn. |
August 8, 2011 FENNIMORE, Wis: 1 killed, 2 injured when car crashes into Amish buggy A 17-year-old girl was killed and two people were injured early Monday morning when a car slammed into the Amish buggy they were riding in in Grant County, authorities reported. Elizabeth Miller of Fennimore was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, on U.S. 18 near County F in the town of Fennimore, according to a news release from the Grant County Sheriff’s Department… |
July 28, 2011
A car slammed into an Amish buggy Wednesday morning in Wayne County, seriously injuring the horse-drawn buggy’s driver. The Wooster post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol says Jonas Schlabach, 32, of Wilmot, was driving the buggy westbound on U.S. 250 in Paint Township, when the car driven by Toby Beachy, 24, of Dundee, rammed into the rear of it. |
July 11, 2011
Authorities say the driver, 36-year old Jeremy Rupkey, looked down at his cell phone and did not see the boy. Bontrager was thrown from the cart. Rescue crews airlifted him to an area hospital were he was pronounced dead. Rupkey went to jail and is facing a felony O-W-I causing a death charge. |
July 9, 2011 Amish girl killed in buggy accident: An Illinois man is being held at the Christian County Jail after a tractor-trailer he was driving hit a horse-drawn buggy, killing a young Amish girl and injuring three members of her family Friday night on Fort Campbell Boulevard, police said Mark Bohms, 52, is being held for murder, operating a vehicle under the influence, criminal mischief and three counts of assault, according to the Christian County Jail. |
July 5, 2011 |
June 13, 2011 A horse-drawn buggy collided with a car Sunday night at 9:15 p.m. in Wilmington, Lawrence County.
Police reported that Mr. Byler and the buggy’s other driver were under the influence of alcohol. Since both were in control of the buggy, each was arrested for DUI and taken to Jameson Hospital for a blood test. |
June 6, 2011 LEACOCK TOWNSHIP, Lancaster County—One person is injured after a flatbed truck crashes into a horse and buggy and then slams into a tree in Lancaster County. It happened just after 9 a.m. along Route 340 in Leacock Township. The buggy was destroyed and everyone inside was okay. However, driver of the flatbed truck had to flown to a local hospital for treatment. After the initial collision with the buggy, the flatbed truck crossed into the opposite lane, went through a rock wall and hit a tree. It took firefighters almost an hour to free the victim from the wreckage. Police are still trying to figure out what caused the crash. |
June 6, 2011 Howard OH—Two Amish teens were injured when the buggy they were in was struck by a box truck in Knox County this evening, the State Highway Patrol said. The patrol was called to investigate the crash at the intersection of Rt. 62 and Lepley Road near Howard in eastern Knox County at 7:12 p.m. Both of the teenagers were taken by medical helicopter to Grant Medical Center in Columbus and one eventually went to Nationwide Children’s Hospital. One was in serious condition tonight; the condition of the other teen wasn’t known. |
June 2, 2011 SALAMANCA, N.Y.—Amish Man Taken To Hospital After Car Hits Buggy In Salamanca. According to a police report, the Amish man and his two sons were driving on West State Street when a pick-up truck rear-ended the buggy. The driver of the buggy was taken to the hospital. His sons, ages 16 and 17, respectively, were uninjured. The buggy was destroyed. The driver of the pick-up truck, Richard A. Slaugenhaupt, 45, of 114 First St., Apt. 6, Little Valley, was charged with driving an uninspected vehicle, passing on the left and following too closely. He will be in court later. Salamanca police officers were assisted at the scene by Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s deputies. The incident is the second in less than a week in which a car rear-ending an Amish buggy led to Amish being taken to the hospital… |
June 2, 2011 SALAMANCA, N.Y.—Authorities say three Amish people have been injured after a car crashed into their horse-drawn buggy while they traveled on a western New York street. WIVB-TV in Buffalo reports that the accident occurred Wednesday in Salamanca, in Cattaraugus County 50 miles south of Buffalo… |
February 27, 2011 LEON, Iowa—Two men were hurt Friday when a truck and horse carriage collided in Decatur County. Authorities said a semi tractor-trailer driven by Ted Bear collided with the carriage… |
January 24, 2011 A 22-year-old Amish woman and her young daughter suffered minor injuries Sunday after their buggy was struck by a hit-and-run driver in far northwestern Sheboygan County, according to the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department. |
January 17, 2011 PAOLI IN.—Authorities say an eight-month-old child was badly injured when a car struck an Amish buggy on a rural road in Southern Indiana. |
January 4, 2011 Ontario Canada—A horse is dead and a man critically injured after a collision with a car in Norwich Monday. The horse was pulling a buggy and its Amish Mennonite driver west along Airport Road in Norwich Township late Monday afternoon when it was struck head-on by a 2006 Mazda. |
2010 Buggy Accidents
November 28, 2010 Amish Buggy, Train Collide In Bombay BOMBAY – Several occupants of an Amish buggy and the horse pulling it escaped injury Tuesday afternoon when the buggy collided with a train Tuesday afternoon on County Route 2 in Bombay. |
November 22, 2010 Diggins MO — One person is recovering after a van slams into an Amish buggy. It happened Sunday evening on Highway 60 near Diggins. Troopers say three people in the buggy were turning onto NN and were waiting on the passing train. The horse became spooked and lunged, knocking the buggy over. |
October 18, 2010 VIROQUA, Wis. — Passengers in an Amish wagon escape serious injury after an elderly man rear-ends the wagon with his car. |
October 4, 2010 ASHLAND OH — An Ashland girl was killed and four family members were injured Sunday afternoon when their buggy was hit from behind by a pickup driven by Christopher Wells, of Greenwich. Clara Brenneman, 8, died from her injuries at Ashland Samaritan Hospital. |
September 21, 2010 Elkhart IN — Rescue crews feared the worst Monday afternoon while responding to an accident after a fast moving car rammed a horse and buggy. |
September 15, 2010 Mt Vernon OH — An Amish man had only a minor hand injury as the result of his buggy being hit this morning about 9. The mishap was on Martinsburg Road, about a mile north of Martinsburg, when a car came over a hillcrest, saw the buggy and attempted to swerve around it. Names and other details were not available at press time. (Virgil Shipley) |
September 14, 2010 Two Vehicles Crash into Buggy Wexford CO — Two people are in the hospital after two cars crashed into an Amish buggy. One of the victims, a teenager who was standing near the accident. … |
September 1, 2010 GEAUGA COUNTY, Ohio — Several people were injured after an SUV crashed into an Amish buggy Wednesday evening, officials said. |
August 21, 2010 An Amish woman was killed and a companion injured Thursday evening after a car slammed into the back of a buggy, the second such collision to happen in Trempealeau County this summer…. …Rosanna Wengerd, 40, of Blair, Wis., died at the crash site. The buggy’s driver, Fannie Wengerd, 33, also of Blair, was treated at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, Wis., and released. |
August 18, 2010 CLARE COUNTY, Mich. — Clare County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a Wednesday morning collision between an Amish buggy and a pickup truck… …A man, woman and their three children were inside at the time of the collision. Authorities said the five people were either thrown from the buggy or jumped out following the impact. Deputies said the pickup truck driver left the scene, as did the horse and buggy. |
July 21, 2010 CENTERVILLE — Two people suffered minor injuries Tuesday when a motorcycle collided with an Amish buggy in Crawford County. |
June 22, 2010 Eau Claire (WQOW) – Four people are injured when a semi struck the back of an Amish horse and buggy Monday night. …Four people were injured after they were ejected from the buggy. |
June 10, 2010 SALISBURY TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY – A collision between a pickup truck and an Amish horse and buggy sent 4 people to area hospitals. |
May 28, 2010 TUSCARAWAS TWP. — A box truck rear-ended an Amish buggy in the 15000 block of Millersburg Ohio Road SW on Friday morning, ejecting two women and an infant. |
May 15, 2010 The Grant County Sheriff’s Department seeks the public’s help in locating a car and a driver that struck an Amish buggy early Friday, critically injuring one occupant. |
May 14, 2010 MT. HOPE, Wisconsin – Authorities in southwest Wisconsin are looking for the driver who struck an Amish buggy and fled, leaving one buggy passenger in the road with severe injuries. |
May 12, 2010 Springfield, MO: Two men are reported injured following a bizarre Missouri car accident involving two cars and one buggy. |