Last Sunday just after 8 pm, deputies were sent to Pierce Road near 160th Avenue in Mecosta county’s Austin Township for a report of a car and Amish buggy collision. Investigation found that a 31-year-old male driver from Wyoming, Michigan, was driving west when he came upon an Amish buggy carrying eight passengers also heading west on the roadway. Police say six of the eight buggy passengers were kids under the age of 13. The male driver attempted to swerve to avoid the buggy but was unable to avoid hitting the buggy, and a 10-year-old Amish female from Stanwood was ejected from the buggy. She was taken to DeVos Children’s hospital in Grand Rapids for non-life-threatening injuries. No other occupants of the Amish buggy or vehicle were injured.
