Amish buggy carrying alcohol collides with patrol car

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Last edited Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:11 PM - Edit history (3)

Technically, it could be LBN, but it's hardly of national importance. I just thought the headline was too offbeat to let get away. I know, I'm relying on stereotypes of the Amish.

Amish buggy carrying alcohol collides with patrol car

Four Amish youth have been arrested on alcohol-possession charges in western New York state after a sheriff's patrol car hit Amish buggy while responding to a report of underage drinking, The Buffalo News reports.

Chautauqua county deputies say several containers of alocholic beverages were found in two buggies, including the one that flipped near the town of Sherman. A passenger in the buggy suffered minor injuries.

Deputies said other buggies fled the scene, The News reports.

The buggy was hit after two of the vehicles switched lanes as the patrol car approached, the Erie Times-News reports.

Edited to add: the buggies might have been racing.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/breaking/s_786097.html
Alcohol involved in crash of Amish buggy, sheriff’s patrol car

RIPLEY, N.Y. -- A Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department patrol car collided with an Amish buggy as it was responding to a report of an underage party on Sunday at 7:15 p.m.

The Amish buggies were traveling northbound in both lanes of Clymer Hill Road in Sherman, N.Y. when the patrol vehicle approached them, said the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department.

I'm assuming that no one was talking on a cell phone or texting while driving.

[mike_c]

1. "other buggies fled the scene...."

[asjr]

2. Picturing it!

[MadrasT]

3.

[zbdent]

6. clip ... clop ... clip ... clop ...

bang!

[madokie]

16. Amish drive by

[mahatmakanejeeves]

17. Zebras with fireworks?

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[lumberjack_jeff]

10. The driver of the getaway cart was detained and released

[zbdent]

13. DWA

Driving While Amish ...

[TrogL]

4. OK, I know I'm on a lot of meds right now so I need to double-check stuff

Really????

[anti-alec]

5. Amish upgraded their buggies?

[chknltl]

7. Can you imagine the chaos.....

... if the bong buggy hadn't gotten away?

[zbdent]

8. at least, in the days before automobiles ...

your "vehicle", when drunken "driving", knew how to get home. May not have cared if you got "out of the vehicle" before you arrived ... and it probably would not have run over or crashed into any other vehicles/pedestrians ...

[DevonRex]

9. "But officer, my horse hasn't had a drop tonight! I swear!"

"Give HIM the breathalyzer!"

[Canuckistanian]

11. And the moral of this story....

Don't drink and trot.

[drm604]

12. People are people

and teenagers are teenagers. Being born Amish doesn't make you genetically virtuous or anything.

A few years back a couple of Amish men here in PA were arrested for dealing drugs (I think it was meth but I could be mis-remembering). They had taken jobs with a roofing company and gotten involved with some bikers.

Then, more recently, there was some crazy guy leading an Amish cult that went around terrorizing other Amish by forcefully cutting off their hair and beards.

[MadrasT]

20. Ah, yes...

Coke... they were getting it from the Pagans...

http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-12508.html

Abner Stoltzfus, 24, and Abner King Stoltzfus, 23, who are not related, were indicted in federal court on charges of distributing cocaine to members of Amish youth groups.

When they have their Rumspringa, the Amish form their own gangs (excuse me: "youth groups&quot ...

Eight members of the Pagans gang sold the drugs to the Amish men, who then distributed the drugs to members of youth groups known as the Crickets, the Antiques, and the Pilgrims at dances between 1993 and 1997, according to the indictment.

Loves me some Lancaster County, never a dull moment, seriously.

[drm604]

21. Gotta love the gang names.

"Crickets", "Antiques", and "Pilgrims". They do have a sense of humor about themselves.

[The Doctor.]

14. I thought for sure this would be a story about a cart-jacking.

bud-dump-tis.

[kestrel91316]

15. Could be a bad assumption. Amish youth on rumspringa often

have and use cell phones.

[longship]

18. Oh! The humanity!

nt

[newfie11]

19. hope the horses were ok