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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, sheriffs 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
(36,281 posts)zbdent
(35,392 posts)bang!
madokie
(51,076 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,621 posts).
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)zbdent
(35,392 posts)Driving While Amish ...
TrogL
(32,822 posts)Really????
anti-alec
(420 posts)chknltl
(10,558 posts)... if the bong buggy hadn't gotten away?
zbdent
(35,392 posts)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
(22,541 posts)"Give HIM the breathalyzer!"
Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)Don't drink and trot.
drm604
(16,230 posts)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
(7,237 posts)Coke... they were getting it from the Pagans...
http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-12508.html
When they have their Rumspringa, the Amish form their own gangs (excuse me: "youth groups" ...
Loves me some Lancaster County, never a dull moment, seriously.
drm604
(16,230 posts)"Crickets", "Antiques", and "Pilgrims". They do have a sense of humor about themselves.
The Doctor.
(17,266 posts)bud-dump-tis.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)have and use cell phones.
longship
(40,416 posts)nt