This one happened in upstate New York. From news10.com: JACKSON, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a crash that happened on Tuesday between a car and an Amish buggy. The crash was on State Route 22 in the town of Jackson, officials said. Sheriff’s deputies responded to the crash around 4:20…
A northern Indiana man will be secured behind bars for eight years following a December 2021 incident, in which he hit an Amish buggy with his Nissan and ran (“ran”, as in, drove off). As a result, people on area roads (both Amish & non-Amish) will travel a bit more safely now. The obvious reason…
It seems hit-and-runs on Amish buggies are the latest bad roadway trend. Another happened in Oneida County, New York Tuesday (other recent ones have occurred in Ashland County, Ohio and Trumbull County, Ohio). This time the driver somehow made out okay, but the horse was left injured: Marcy, N.Y. — A horse was injured Tuesday…
From the AP: SPARTA, Pa. (AP) — A hit-and-run crash involving an SUV and a horse-drawn Amish buggy left two adults and two young children in the buggy seriously injured. Pennsylvania state police say the accident in Sparta occurred shortly before 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The SUV struck the buggy from behind and then fled the…
An Amish family has made news by forgiving a hit-and-run driver in Wisconsin. It’s far from the first example of this by the Amish – and we’ve often seen it in much more serious cases (see below). The financial burden is clearly in the family’s thoughts. But it’s also remarkable how warm their sentiments are…
You might read this post title and assume that an unfortunate Amish buggy driver was the victim in this accident. And I wouldn’t blame you. That’s usually the case. But in this instance the tables were turned, when a non-Amish woman was hit by a buggy seemingly “out of nowhere.” Victoria Ulrick was driving in Gladwin County, Michigan, home…
Over the past weekend a driver apparently purposely drove his car into a horse pulling a buggy full of Nappanee, Indiana -area Amish teenagers. Francisco Gonzalez was captured on a Wal-Mart parking lot camera turning around and returning to the road to run into the buggy horse, which was killed instantly. The boys were shaken…
Yet another hit-and-run accident on an Amish buggy has occurred. This one was in Clare County, Michigan, an area which we cover here on the site fairly frequently. From ABC 12 News: CLARE COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) – Police are looking for a full-size Ford pickup truck involved in a hit-and-run crash with an Amish buggy…
The buggy was empty at the time, thankfully (especially after recent stories of runaway buggies with Amish children inside). However the driver of the truck was seriously injured when it struck the buggy. From WNEM: CLARE CO., Mich. (WNEM) – A man was injured and a horse died in a crash involving a vehicle and…
Remember the two Amish children who were killed by one of the twin sisters in Minnesota? It turns out here was another car-buggy crash – this one a hit-and-run – on the exact same road (Fillmore County Road 1). Like the identity-swapping Petersen sisters, the driver here has an extensive record, and simply shouldn’t be…