Amish Buggy Rollover on County Road 175 Leaves One Injured
Jeromesville, Ohio — Ohio Highway Patrol and the Jeromesville Fire Department & EMS responded to a horse-drawn buggy accident on County Road 175 at the intersection of Township Road 2100 resulted in one Amish man being hospitalized and a horse suffering minor injuries this evening around 6:15pm.
The incident occurred just after 6 p.m. when a piece of wood in the road startled the horse pulling the buggy driven by Eli Troyer, 31, of Jeromesville. The horse veered off the road, crashing through an electric fence before overturning the buggy and pinning the animal underneath. With assistance they were able to upright the buggy and free the horse, which appeared to have sustained only minor injuries.
Eli Troyer was transported by Jeromesville EMS to Ohio-Health Mansfield Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The crash remains under investigation by the Ohio Highway Patrol
