BREMEN — A Marshall County crash on April 9 killed three Amish children in a horse-drawn cart, ages 9, 10 and 13. But the state of Indiana doesn’t have a minimum age for operating buggies, wagons and carts, The Tribune’s newsgathering partner, WNDU-TV, reported.
The three children who died in the crash were all siblings, identified as Glenda Jo Yoder, 13, Darrell Yoder, 10, and Devon Yoder, 9. A car driven by a 17-year-old ran into the back of their cart at 8 a.m. near Fir Road and 4th Road just south of Bremen, WNDU reported.
Attorney Dan Armstrong of the firm Keller and Keller spoke with WNDU about the concerns of trying to restrict such carts.
“One of the difficulties of course is not infringing on the way of life of a segment of the population that we have, so trying to make that balance between making the roads safer, but at the same time accommodating people who live a certain way and have certain beliefs,” Armstrong told WNDU. “It’s a tricky thing, I think.”
Armstrong told WNDU that he doesn’t represent anyone involved in the crash but he has experience in similar crashes. As for safety equipment, he said most of the horse-drawn vehicles don’t have seat belts, though they must have lighting features that make them visible at night.
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