Amish Baby Airlifted After Second Buggy Crash In 8 Days In One Kentucky County

An Amish infant riding in a buggy had to be airlifted to a Nashville hospital – after a car struck the buggy Wednesday morning in Barren County, Kentucky. And it’s the second crash involving an Amish buggy in the county in eight days.

The collision happened on Old Bowling Green Road. K105 places it a little over seven miles southwest of Glasgow, which is the area of one of the county’s three Amish settlements. From WNKY:

According to the Barren County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to 7455 Old Bowling Green Road regarding the reported wreck.

Authorities say a preliminary investigation indicates Ruth Jackson was traveling eastbound on Old Bowling Green Road when the collision occurred. Investigators say they learned that sun glare was affecting the driver’s visibility immediately prior to the wreck.

Deputies say Jackson did not sustain any injuries.

Authorities say an infant who was riding in the buggy was flown to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital for treatment of injuries. Deputies say the operator of the buggy was transported for evaluation of a possible head injury.

WCLU reports that the infant was flown by the air medical company Air Methods. K105 described the infant as “seriously injured.” As of Friday afternoon, no outlet has reported an update on the baby’s condition. Keep this baby in your prayers and also the buggy operator – likely the parent of the baby – and any others involved.

4 Hurt In Earlier Barren County Buggy Crash

As mentioned this was the second crash in a little over a week in Barren County. The first happened on the morning of Tuesday, November 3. From WCLU:

Four juvenile occupants of an Amish buggy were injured when a car struck it from behind on Hiseville Park Road in Barren County on Tuesday, Nov. 3, according to the Barren County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies identified Brenda Morgan as the driver of the car.

The collision happened around 8:10 a.m. Deputies responded to the collision and determined that Morgan was operating a 2011 Toyota Camry. The sheriff’s office said the Camry struck the rear of the buggy and that four juvenile occupants sustained injuries as a result.

All four children were transported by Barren/Metcalfe Emergency Medical Services to T.J. Samson Community Hospital.

They are called “juveniles” in the WCLU article title; another outlet, WBKO, calls them teens. LEX18 reported that the severity of the injuries was not released.

Amish In Barren County

Barren County, in south-central Kentucky, has three Amish settlements. The community near Glasgow was founded in 1982 and has around 500 people (see our list of Kentucky’s 10 largest Amish communities). The two other settlements in the county, at Park City and Summer Shade, each have a few hundred Amish residents.

Reports have not said which community the families in either crash belong to; just going by likelihood based on distances, Glasgow is a possibility for both, as is Park City for the November 11 crash. Both crashes remain under investigation.

This is not the first buggy crash near Glasgow to make the news. Last October, a car struck an Amish buggy driven by a juvenile on South Fork Road, and two people were taken to the hospital.