Why me?! In two months, I will be moving to Berne,
Indiana. Looks like I will have to sell the lakester
and buy one of them drag racin' buggies. Time to dust
off the lift and drag books (I wonder if there was any
research done on buggies?). The next step will be to
check out the Amish science library (LOL).
John Goodman
--- Jon Wennerberg <jonw@up.net> wrote:
> The Associated Press
> April 14, 2003 12:35 PM
>
>
> DECATUR, IND. -- A drag race between two horse-drawn
> buggies ended with one
> of the drivers losing control and running head-on
> into another buggy,
> seriously injuring a passenger, police said.
>
> The two buggies were racing late Sunday on a county
> road in Adams County
> about 20 miles south of Fort Wayne when the wreck
> happened, state police
> said.
>
> Ruth Ann Schwartz, 31, of rural Berne, suffered a
> head injury when she was
> thrown from a buggy and was listed in stable
> condition at Adams County
> Memorial Hospital. She was a passenger in the buggy
> driven by 33-year-old
> Victor Schwartz.
>
> A 7-year-old boy also riding in Schwartz's buggy was
> ejected but not
> injured, police said. Four other children riding in
> the buggy also were not
> hurt.
>
> The driver of the third buggy, 26-year-old David
> Wickey, was arrested on a
> charge of driving a vehicle while intoxicated. He
> was jailed Monday under
> $2,500 bond.
>
> While the northeastern Indiana area has a large
> Amish community, state
> Trooper Bob Brophy said he did not know of any other
> recent problems with
> drag-racing buggies.
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