Indiana Amish children killed on the way to school in buggy crash with SUV driven by teen

Three Amish children were killed connected their measurement to schoolhouse erstwhile an SUV collapsed into their horse-drawn buggy successful Indiana.

Siblings Glenda Jo Yoder, 13, Darrell Yoder, 10, and Devon Yoder, 9, were thrown from nan carriage erstwhile a Mercedes-Benz GLA rear-ended it Wednesday greeting successful nan agrarian municipality of Bremen, astir 20 miles southbound of South Bend, WIBC reported.

The siblings each died astatine nan scene, according to nan Marshall County coroner’s office.

The 17-year-old driver of nan car was not injured.

A aesculapian chopper and an mishap reconstructionist were astatine nan scene, according to section reports.

Neighbors said they would spot nan children walking by cart to schoolhouse each morning, picking different kids up on nan way.

“They conscionable prime each different up and thrust together,” 1 resident, identified arsenic Katie, told WSBT 22 nan time of nan crash. “I saw 3 of them sitting astatine nan intersection of Fifth and Fir this greeting waiting for their friends that were successful nan accident.”

The female said she sees a batch of car and buggy accidents and that location needs to beryllium much consciousness by drivers astir nan buggies connected nan road.

The horses sometimes get spooked “and almost jump into your lane,” she said.

Per tradition, galore Amish group thrust buggies alternatively of cars. In Indiana, location is nary property limit connected operating nan accepted shape of transportation.

The authorities is location to much than 63,000 Amish people, and their organization has been increasing faster than nan wide population, starring to moreover much buggies connected nan roadworthy — and much accidents, the Kansas City Star reported.

“Compared to centrifugal conveyance incidents, these collisions consequence successful a disproportionate number of fatalities,” a Purdue University study successful 2021 found.

In astir 67% of nan buggy and car collisions reported that year, those that died were nether nan property of 21.