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.
Amish Buggy Accidents 2024 (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.
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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
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.
