Amish buggy struck by Jeep. What Gladwin County sheriff says happened

A pair of Amish Gladwin County residents escaped harm Friday, Oct. 24, when their buggy was hit from behind whereas driving on Chappel Dam Street in Sage Township.

The Gladwin County Sheriff’s Workplace stated a 48-year-old Gladwin County lady was issued a quotation on the scene.

Officers have been dispatched Friday round 10:20 p.m. to research a crash involving a motorcar and an Amish buggy a few quarter-mile north of Eagleson Street, the sheriff’s workplace stated in a information launch posted to Fb on Oct. 27.

The buggy, occupied by a 37-year-old man and a 38-year-old lady, was touring south on Chappel Dam Street when it was struck from behind by a 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee pushed by the 48-year-old lady.

Police stated neither alcohol nor medication gave the impression to be an element.

The crash was no less than the fourth this yr in Gladwin County involving an Amish buggy.

On August 26, a tractor-trailer struck a buggy, injuring one lady.

On Aug. 4, the Gladwin County Sheriff’s Workplace stated, a 58-year-old Amish lady was killed on Spherical Lake Street in Butman Township when a buggy carrying three Amish ladies was struck by a 2016 Jeep Cherokee.

On Aug. 1, two individuals have been injured and one was killed in a crash, the sheriff’s workplace stated.