The Amish Voice 11
Since May of 2010, we have been tracking some of the buggy acci-
dents that have happened in the United states. Thus far, we have
read of a total of 18 accidents As you can see in the photos, it makes
you wonder how some of these people ever got out alive. In fact,
some of them did not make it out alive.
Here are some recent headlines:
November 28, 2010: Bombay NY — Several occupants of an
Amish buggy and the horse pulling it escaped injury Tuesday
afernoon when the buggy collided with a train Tuesday afer-
noon on County Route 2 in Bombay.
November 22, 2010: Diggins MO — One person is recovering
afer 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 waitng 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 afer 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 afernoon 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 afernoon while responding to an accident afer 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 Martnsburg Road, about a
mile north of Martnsburg, when a car came over a hillcrest, saw
the buggy and atempted to swerve around it.
September 14, 2010: Wexford CO — Two people are in the hos-
pital afer two cars crashed into an Amish buggy.
September 1, 2010: Geauga County OH — Several people were
injured afer an SUV crashed into an Amish buggy Wednesday
evening, ofcials said.
August 21, 2010: Blair WI — An Amish woman was killed and a
companion injured Thursday evening afer a car slammed into
the back of a buggy, the second such collision to happen in
Trempealeau County this summer.
August 18, 2010: Clare County MI — Clare County sherif's depu-
tes are investgatng a Wednesday morning collision between
an Amish buggy and a pickup truck. A man, woman and their
three children were inside at the tme of the collision. Authori-
tes said the fve people were either thrown from the buggy or
jumped out following the impact.
July 21, 2010: Centerville OH — Two people sufered minor inju-
ries Tuesday when a motorcycle collided with an Amish buggy in
Crawford County.
June 22, 2010: Eau Claire — Four people are injured when a
semi struck the back of an Amish horse and buggy.
June 10, 2010: Lancaster County — A collision between a pickup
truck and an Amish horse and buggy sent 4 people to area hos-
pitals.
May 28, 2010: Millersburg OH — A box truck rear-ended an
Amish buggy, ejectng two women and an infant.
May 15, 2010: Mt Hope WI — Authorites in SW Wisconsin are
looking for the driver who struck an Amish buggy and fed, leav-
ing one buggy passenger in the road with severe injuries.
May 12, 2010: Springfeld, MO — Two men are reported injured
following a bizarre Missouri car accident involving two cars and
one buggy.
Buggy Wrecks