Wednesday, July 22, 2015

2 Amish children critically injured, their parents injured, in truck vs. buggy collision north of Nappanee, Indiana





Two children, a 2-year-old and a 7-month-old, were airlifted to a hospital in Fort Wayne.
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Two officers with the Nappanee Police Department shown on scene of an accident involving a truck and buggy Wednesday, July 22, 2015, on S.R. 19 near C.R. 150 in Nappanee. (Sarah Welliver/The Elkhart Truth) 
 

Amanda Mitchell
Posted at 4:58 p.m. 
 
Four people were injured when a truck hit a buggy traveling north on S.R. 19 just north of Nappanee.

The Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department and emergency crews responded to the crash at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 22.

Two children and two adults in the buggy suffered injuries. The children, a 2-year-old and a 7-month-old, were airlifted by MedFlight to a Fort Wayne hospital with severe head traumas, according to police. The adults were taken to a local hospital.

The area was shut down for several hours for investigation due to serious injuries, according to video on the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department’s Facebook page.

The driver of the truck was not injured.

The horse was killed in the crash.