Amish buggy sought in Pennsylvania hit-and-run

[CarlS]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/amish-buggy-sought-in-pennsylvania-hit-and-run/

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- State police are searching for an unlikely suspect in a western Pennsylvania hit-and-run accident: the driver of an Amish buggy.

Troopers from the Mercer barracks say the buggy twice hit a passenger vehicle at a crossroads on Route 158 in Wilmington Township, about 6 p.m. Sunday.

The buggy then left the scene and its driver has yet to be identified.

 

[hemibee]

Now that's a change, well a change from what we usually hear.


Be on the look out for a man with a beard, no mustache in non-discript clothing.


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[The Seeker]

That is where I live! Evidently it happened on the Mercer County side of New Wilmington. I live in the Lawrence County side.

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[hemibee]

Where were you at about 1800 Sunday March 16, 2014?


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[The Seeker]

It wasn't hanging out with the Amish, that's for sure!

I have to wonder though....how does a horse-drawn buggie get away from a car - even if it was only a Honda?

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[Village Idiot]

It wasn't hanging out with the Amish, that's for sure!

I have to wonder though....how does a horse-drawn buggie get away from a car - even if it was only a Honda?

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Well, they all do look alike.....................

 

[The Seeker]

Even if they do catch the buggie driver, I don't know how much will come of it. The Amish don't believe in insurance so damages would have to be paid out of pocket.

I'm still trying to wrap my brain around exactly how a buggies "hits" a car and how the buggie just trots off and becomes "lost"?

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[CarlS]

Even if they do catch the buggie driver, I don't know how much will come of it. The Amish don't believe in insurance so damages would have to be paid out of pocket.

I'm still trying to wrap my brain around exactly how a buggies "hits" a car and how the buggie just trots off and becomes "lost"?

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I haven't got that figured out either. That is why I thought this story was so interesting - and different.

 

[The Seeker]

The Amish are pretty honest people....I can't really understand an Amishman just taking off if he actually knew he caused damages. There's something fishy about all this.

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[bullet]

quite interesting, will keep a eye out for this, I would like to know what actually happened.

 

[CarlS]

The Amish are pretty honest people....I can't really understand an Amishman just taking off if he actually knew he caused damages. There's something fishy about all this.

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I agree with you. Something does not ring true.

 

[grandpaul]

Something rings FUNNY...

 

[CarlS]

I haven't seen any followup on this. Maybe AJ can find something. I think the driver made the story up to duck blame for a minor accident.

 

[The Seeker]

There have been no updates in the local news.

The only way I could see a buggie damaging a car while both at an intersection is if the buggie's horse backed-up a little bit while waiting for traffic and the car behind was too close. Or if the car didn't give the buggie enough room and the horse pulled a bit to the left and the buggie hubs hit the side of the car.

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