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…
A car left a buggy looking pretty badly, as you can see in the above photo – in a crash which happened Wednesday in Ashland County, Ohio. Ashland County Pictures does a great job as usual reporting this with numerous photos of the accident scene. The driver of the buggy and a teenage passenger both went to hospital, with injuries described as “non-life-threatening”. This is…
We’ve heard this one before – but now there’s a video for it as well. In July Ben & Rose put out a short demo clip of “Roses In The Snow”, after which the studio version was released on their album “Slowly But Surely”. This song was made famous by Emmylou Harris and was written by Ruth Franks. It’s a short but sweet one with…
Do we find autism among the Amish? This topic has, predictably, been all over the news this week. That’s because of comments made by President Trump at a press conference on Tuesday. The most relevant bit of the conference was this segment (emphasis added): Donald Trump 00:03:07-00:03:36 (30 sec) “And the first day, all of these great doctors behind me were there, I told them…
Gladwin County, Michigan was the scene of another buggy accident yesterday. An older Amish man was sent to the hospital after his buggy was hit. Fortunately his injuries are described as “non-life-threatening”. More from Mid Michigan Now: GLADWIN COUNTY, Mich.— On September 24th around 7:15 p.m. the Gladwin County Sheriff’s Office were called to investigate a personal injury accident involving a pickup truck and an…
The Amish and Mennonite outreach to hurricane victims in North Carolina has been well-documented in the media. We’ve looked at several examples here – such as their work in Bat Cave, NC, or their efforts in the heavily-damaged tourist town of Chimney Rock. Plain groups have been an essential part of a wider effort (not to ignore the many contributions of non-Plain volunteers) to help…