Amish Buggy Accidents 2016 (Page 1)
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.
Buggy Accidents 2016, Page 1
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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.
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