amish buggy.jpg

( )

RENO TOWNSHIP, MI — Police have identified and located a vehicle they believe was involved in a hit-and-run on an Amish buggy on Thanksgiving night.

Michigan State Police troopers on Wednesday, Dec. 3, found the vehicle and detectives from the West Branch Post interviewed the suspected driver. Charges are pending against the driver, according to police.

The crash occurred about 10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 27, along M-65 near Old State Road in Reno Township. Troopers dispatched to the scene found an Amish family of four suffering from injuries they sustained when their horse-drawn buggy was struck by a vehicle, which drove off from the scene.

The buggy was occupied by a 29-year-old man, a 23-year-old woman, and two children, one 2 years old and the other 4 months old, troopers report. All were taken to Tawas St. Joseph hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

The buggy was properly marked with lighting and reflectors, troopers report. The horse pulling the conveyance was severely injured, troopers added.

The automobile, believed at the time by troopers to be a black 1999 to 2004 Oldsmobile Alero, suffered front-end damage in the incident. Troopers did not divulge what the car ended up being.