So another buggy wreck happened in Clare County, Michigan – but this one is a bit different from others, as it happened in the town of Clare. And it happened at a spot apparently notorious for accidents – a place in town called “Hamburger Hill”. The crash happened September 27, so it’s been a few days, but reporting just came out on it now. And…
So another unsafe driver sent Amish people flying out of their buggy and into the hospital. This one happened in Herkimer County, New York. And it’s another case of driving too fast – and failing to pass. The injuries are “non-life-threatening”, which I will mention once again, does not mean “non-serious”. Here’s what happened, according to the report at WKTV: A car collided with an…
Not a headline I’d seen before, but it happens. A man was apparently attacked and rammed by a bull on an Amish farm in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania earlier this afternoon. The article does not actually identify the man as Amish – but that would be the assumption (though in theory it could be a non-Amish person visiting the farm). Here are more details from the…
Wonderful photos from another Minnesota Amish home. There have been quite a few of these lately, all in the state’s largest Amish settlement in the Harmony/Canton area of Fillmore County, MN. As you can see from the aerial photos, this property has a neat and “cozy” layout on an 18-acre lot. And the home itself, owned by a family in a quite plain Swartzentruber Amish…
Last week we enjoyed some photos from the most recent Yoder’s Consignment Auction in northern Indiana, courtesy of Jim Halverson. Here is part two of that set. This is one of the larger auctions in the area and draws a crowd. Amish auctions are great to attend – even just for the atmosphere and the food. If you’ve never been and you get the chance…
This is a follow-up on the story of the crash in central PA which claimed two Amish children’s lives on Sunday night. A family friend (I assume) has started a GoFundMe for the Zook family, who are victims in the Northumberland County, PA crash. The GoFundMe provides some updates as well as photos. First, more tragic details on the two children, Caleb and Rebekah, who…
This one happened Friday afternoon in Middlebury, Indiana (in the Elkhart-LaGrange community). And yes, it sounds – and looks – like a bad one. From WSBT: MIDDLEBURY, Ind. (WSBT) — Three people, including a juvenile, were sent to the hospital after their horse drawn buggy was hit Friday afternoon in Middlebury. Middlebury Police say the buggy was hit head-on by an SUV that crossed the…
Amish mother Ruth Miller, charged with aggravated murder in the death of her four-year-old son Vincen Miller along with related charges, had a bail hearing today at Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court in New Philadelphia, Ohio. I had a chance to listen to parts of the hearing, which lasted nearly four hours. You can view the proceedings in full at the linked video at bottom….
Two Amish children, ages seven and nine, are dead in central Pennsylvania after a Sunday night rear-end crash. The 39-year-old driver told police that “believes he fell asleep” while driving. The location is Northumberland County, PA, where there is an Amish community of around 600 in the vicinity of Dornsife. More from PennLive: The crash happened around 8 p.m. in Jackson Township in the 4000 block…
Another distracted driver has caused a serious buggy crash, this time in Richmond County, Virginia. It happened yesterday afternoon (September 28). A total of seven people in the buggy were injured. Two of them sound like they’re in bad shape. From WTVR: RICHMOND COUNTY, Va. — Two people were medflighted after a car crashed into a horse-drawn buggy carrying seven people at an intersection in…