Grant Awarded to Help Reduce Amish Buggy Crashes
November 25, 2024
A $70,000 federal highway-safety grant has been awarded to the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Health Agency in an effort to reduce vehicle crashes with Amish buggies.
The goal, according to terms of the grant, is to reduce crashes by 15 percent over the next 10 months.
Grant coordinator Josh Englehart explained that since 2016, there have been 261 crashes statewide, with 78 in the three adjacent counties. Three fatalities occurred in Branch County in 2019 and another in 2021. Both crashes were in Algansee Township.
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