Buggy Accidents

Sometimes a photo is worth a thousand words – and this photo shows better than any words the damage a car can do to a buggy. Photo by Ashland County Pictures You’re not really seeing much of a buggy here, just two wheels, axle and some of the undercarriage. The buggy, in other words, was […]

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Sadly, I feel like I’m reading/writing the same story every week. Another Amish teen has died in a car-buggy accident, the third in the past several weeks: A 14-year-old Amish boy died three days after suffering serious injuries when he was thrown from the horse-and-buggy he was riding in along U.S. 11 in Shippensburg on […]

Continue Reading Third Amish Teen Dies In Car-Buggy Crash

While it’s more often the other way around, in this case an Amish teen made the bad decision to drive his buggy after drinking, leading to an accident. And in fact, this is his community’s second buggy DUI in the past several years. A 17-year-old in the New Wilmington community was involved in an incident […]

Continue Reading Amish Teen Charged With PA Community’s 2nd Buggy DUI Since 2018

From WGAL: SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Two children were injured in a crash in Cumberland County involving a horse and buggy, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The crash happened around 8:45 a.m. Wednesday along Ritner Highway between 533 and Cramer Road in Southampton Township. State police said three people were thrown from the buggy in […]

Continue Reading “Severe Injuries” For 2 Amish Children Thrown In Pennsylvania Crash

A second young Amish person has perished in the span of a week. This accident happened in western Wisconsin. The accident occurred on February 18th, but it seems the news report just emerged yesterday. Two teens were riding in the buggy; one was killed: A pickup struck an Amish horse-drawn buggy in western Wisconsin and […]

Continue Reading Wisconsin Teen Loses Life In Buggy Accident

This fatal accident happened very early Sunday morning – in reality, more likely the tail end of Saturday night: GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. — A North Country man was killed in a crash after the horse-drawn Amish buggy he was riding was hit by an SUV, according to State Police. Troopers say the accident happened around 5:15 […]

Continue Reading 20-Year-Old Killed In North Country (NY) Buggy Crash

From Fox8.com: BERLIN, Ohio (WJW) — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is working to locate the driver it says was involved in a hit-and-run crash. The highway patrol said its Wooster Post is looking into the crash that happened on Feb. 6 at 8:34 a.m. on Somerset Drive (Township Road 359) near US 62. According […]

Continue Reading Ohio Police Seeking Hit & Run Driver In Crash That Killed Horse (Updated)

Sadly, after a calm period of some weeks as far as buggy accidents, two fatal crashes occurred on back-to-back days, in Michigan and Ohio. In the first, a 39-year-old Amish mother was killed in Branch County, Michigan when the horse was “spooked” by an oncoming vehicle: ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – A Reading, Michigan woman […]

Continue Reading Two Fatal Buggy Crashes Happened On Back-to-Back Days (Ohio & Michigan)

Some more details have emerged following yesterday’s fatal buggy-truck accident in southern Lancaster County. First is that there are now just three fatalities being reported, contrary to the initial report of four: “Police initially said four people were killed, but later said the ‘initial release of information regarding the number of fatalities was incorrect.’” There […]

Continue Reading Buggy Failed To Stop In Fatal Lancaster County Accident; More Details (Updated)

Some terrible news out of Lancaster County this morning: A crash between a horse and buggy and a dump truck killed four people and injured four others Monday morning, Pennsylvania state police said. The crash happened about 6 miles south of Quarryville, in Lancaster County, shortly before 8 a.m., according to state police Trooper Kelly […]

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