Buggy Accidents

This is a bad one. There were nine Amish people in the buggy, eight of whom were children, including a three-month-old baby. The tenth injured person is the driver of the vehicle – which struck the buggy head-on yesterday in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Details as far as the extent of injuries are scarce. Some are seriously injured, though there are no reports of fatalities at…

The good news here: there were three Amish people onboard the buggy, and all three – one adult and two juveniles – are (more-or-less) okay. The accident really caught my attention for another reason (more on that below). It happened yesterday (January 12th) in Ashland County, Ohio, home to several Amish communities. Based on the photos this appears to involve people from the largest settlement…

This happened yesterday in Otsego County, New York. I called an Amish friend living in this area earlier today. He informed me this was someone not from his, but one of the other communities in the county (there are three Amish settlements in Otsego County). Though it’s not his immediate community, he had actually already been to the hospital to visit her. The good news…

This sounds similar to what’s been under consideration in Virginia, but we see it’s already being put into action in Fillmore County, Minnesota – at least on one stretch of road. Here’s more from a news release from the Minnesota Department of Transportation: CANTON, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Transportation has installed new flashing driver alert signs to help increase motorist awareness that an…

The driver is a former local wrestling coach, and this isn’t his first time on the wrong side of the law (more on that below). Police determined that Danial Ranck Miller, 33, was under the influence of drugs and alcohol when he struck a buggy yesterday outside Gap, PA, ejecting and killing the woman driving it. From Lancaster Online: Danial Ranck Miller, 33, of Berks…

Somehow no one was injured in this early-AM crash yesterday in Vernon County, Wisconsin. Looking at the photos, you’d expect otherwise, seeing the heavily-damaged buggy on the roadside. From the Vernon Reporter: WESTBY, Wis. — Authorities say no one was injured when a pickup truck struck a horse-drawn buggy early Saturday in rural on U.S. Highway 14 yesterday. The crash happened around 5:15 a.m. on…

After a spate of bad crashes, it’s been a while since we’ve had a report of an Amish buggy wreck in Michigan.* Sadly, the Graber family of Montgomery, Michigan were the victims in a wreck yesterday in Hillsdale County. More from MLive: HILLSDALE COUNTY, MI – An Amish man and two of his children were seriously injured when a pickup crashed into their buggy Sunday…

Here’s a buggy incident with a “happy ending”. A plow (assuming they mean snow plow) spooked an Amish buggy horse, sending the buggy straight into a ditch. But the driver noticed, and stopped to help. More from WGRZ: CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, N.Y. — The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office said no one was injured after an Amish buggy recently went into a ditch. Initially reported as a…

An Amish man has been left with life-threatening injuries, and a horse dead after an 18-wheeler struck a buggy in Ohio’s largest Amish community. More from WKBN: STARK COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) – A crash involving a semi-truck and a horse-drawn buggy hospitalized one man and killed a horse. That’s according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The crash happened just after 4 p.m. on Wednesday…

Two months after it was first reported, a high-tech warning system designed to alert drivers to Amish buggies on the roads might be coming to life in one county in Virginia. Reports are that Pittsylvania County, VA might be the first to see this system in use – at least the first in Virginia. It’s unclear if this has been tested or implemented elsewhere. And…