Author: Erik Wesner

Another week passes, and right on schedule, Michigan shows up in the news with another bad Amish buggy crash. It’s apparently another intoxicated driver doing their thing, with the result being six injured Amish people (most of them badly injured), with one needing immediate lifesaving measures. From WZZM: VAN BUREN COUNTY, Michigan — Six people are injured after an SUV crashed into an Amish buggy…

A bad accident happened last night in the Holmes County, Ohio Amish community. Two children were seriously injured and had to be airlifted to hospital after the buggy they were traveling in was rear-ended. More details: SUGARCREEK TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) – The Ohio State Highway Patrol says an Amish couple and their children were hurt late Wednesday when a car rear-ended their buggy. It happened…

The state of Michigan continues to increase their Amish buggy crash death toll. An Amish woman lost her life after the buggy she was in was rear-ended Friday by an SUV in Gladwin County, MI. More: GLADWIN COUNTY, Mich.— An Amish woman is dead after a buggy she was in was hit from behind on Friday afternoon. On August 1 at around 2:30 p.m., deputies…

This one happened on Tuesday evening in Ashland County, Ohio. A small Amish child had to be airlifted to Akron Children’s Hospital. Both drivers – of the Dodge Ram truck, and the buggy involved – are 19 years old. More: MILTON TOWNSHIP — A juvenile passenger in a horse-drawn buggy suffered serious injuries Tuesday evening in a crash involving a pickup truck, according to the…

This happened in St. Lawrence County, New York, a heavily-Amish part of the country no stranger to buggy crashes. I guess this person thought they could get away with hitting an Amish buggy…but soon learned otherwise. From localsyr.com: CANTON, N.Y. (WWTI) – A 35-year-old Lisbon woman is facing charges after allegedly leaving the scene of an accident that involved an Amish buggy and seriously injured…