Northern Indiana toll road crash

Byerik

Bad news from northern Indiana:  a toll road crash has killed eight people, among them members of the local Amish community.

I spent a lot of time in this community last summer and know the area these men were from.  I remember visiting the home of one of the guys who ended up being killed in this accident.

Can’t imagine how hard it must be now for his family and the families of the others who were killed, both Amish and non-Amish.

Just a bit dumbfounded this morning, shaking my head as I find myself covering this topic again, coming a couple days after a post on Amish being killed in road accidents.

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