Amish Buggy Accidents 2012
Every year, cars and buggies collide on America's highways and, quite often, people end up in hospitals or get killed. Be sure and click on links at the bottom of the page for accidents that took place during other years.
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.
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