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Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
Tue Mar 13, 2012, 01:53 PM Mar 2012

4 Amish charged with illegal alcohol possession after buggy collides with police car

SHERMAN, N.Y. — Authorities in western New York say they've charged four young Amish adults with illegal possession of alcohol after their buggy collided with a police car responding to a report of a drinking party under way.

The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office tells media outlets that the crash occurred around 7:15 Sunday in the rural town of Sherman, near the Pennsylvania border in New York's southwest corner.

Officials say deputies were responding to reports that people were drinking in several Amish buggies on a country road.

As a patrol car arrived on the scene, one of the Amish buggies changed lanes, colliding with the police vehicle. The buggy flipped onto its side, causing minor injuries to one of the people on board.

Police say several other buggies fled the scene.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/4_amish_charged_with_illegal_a.html

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4 Amish charged with illegal alcohol possession after buggy collides with police car (Original Post) Blue_Tires Mar 2012 OP
Rumspringa geardaddy Mar 2012 #1
Was the horse drinking too? siligut Mar 2012 #2

siligut

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2. Was the horse drinking too?
Tue Mar 13, 2012, 03:23 PM
Mar 2012

I am cracking up imagining buggies fleeing the scene. I can't help it. I am glad no one was seriously hurt.

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