1 dead, 6 hurt in buggy when horse hits pickup truck in Branch County
Branch County Sheriffs
and last updated 2021-01-22 13:25:35-05
ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, Mich. â One person is dead and six more were injured when a horse hit a pickup truck Friday morning in Branch County.
Branch County Sheriffâs Office deputies were dispatched to the crash about 8:50 a.m. on Lester Road west of Colvin Road, a news release said.
A preliminary investigation showed the eastbound horse and buggy had spoked as a westbound pickup truck was going by.
The horse veered into the westbound lane, hitting the fender on the pickup truck and causing the passengers of the buggy to be ejected.
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ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – A Reading, Michigan woman was killed and six other family members were injured Friday morning in a Branch County crash involving their buggy and a pickup truck.
The Branch County Sheriff’s Department said hours after the crash that 39-year-old Barbara Jo Schwartz died from her injuries after being taken to Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne by Steuben County E.M.S..
The Sheriff’s Department says a horse was pulling the family buggy east on Lester Road near Colvin Road when it was spooked by a passing pick up truck driven by a 29-year-old man from Reading who was heading in the opposite direction at about 8:50 a.m..
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ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – A Reading woman was killed and six other family members were injured Friday morning in an Algansee Township crash involving their buggy and a pickup truck.
The Branch County Sheriff’s Department said hours after the crash that 39-year-old Barbara Jo Schwartz died from her injuries after being taken to Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne by Steuben County E.M.S..
The Sheriff’s Department says a horse was pulling the family buggy east on Lester Road near Colvin Road when it was spooked by a passing pick up truck driven by a 29-year-old man from Reading who was heading in the opposite direction at about 8:50 a.m..
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ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – A woman was killed and six members of her family were injured Friday morning in a Branch County crash involving their buggy and a pickup truck.
The Branch County Sheriff’s Department has identified the fatal victim as 39-year-old Barbara Jo Schwartz of Reading, Michigan. She died after being taken by ambulance to Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne.
They say a horse was pulling the family buggy east on Lester Road in Branch County’s Algansee Township when it was spooked by a passing pick up truck heading in the opposite direction at about 8:50 a.m. which was driven by a 29-year-old man from Reading.