{"id":6985,"date":"2025-10-12T14:15:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T14:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=6985"},"modified":"2025-10-12T14:15:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T14:15:49","slug":"jeep-plows-into-amish-buggy-near-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=6985","title":{"rendered":"Jeep plows into Amish buggy near B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Crash<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A late-night collision on October 7 turned a quiet stretch of State Road 218 near Berne,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indiana, into an emergency scene when a Jeep struck a horse-drawn Amish buggy, scattering debris across the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The buggy, carrying nine people, was hit from behind around 11:20 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Victims and Response<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seven people from the buggy were hospitalized, including driver <em>Ruben L.M. Schwartz, 32<\/em>, who was airlifted to Lutheran Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cSix of the occupants were juveniles,\u201d<\/em> officials said. Two passengers, including a 2-year-old, declined treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Jeep\u2019s driver, <em>Bradley J. Ocilka, 33<\/em>, was taken for a legal blood draw but refused medical care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Investigation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheriff <em>Dan Mawhorr<\/em> confirmed, <em>\u201cThe Jeep struck the buggy from behind while traveling eastbound on SR 218.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crash remains under investigation, and no charges have been filed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Community Impact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities urge drivers to <em>\u201cslow down and give buggies plenty of space.\u201d<\/em> The close-knit Amish community is rallying to support the injured family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Crash A late-night collision on October 7 turned a quiet stretch of State Road 218 near Berne, Indiana, into an emergency scene when a Jeep struck a horse-drawn Amish buggy, scattering debris across the road. The buggy, carrying nine people, was hit from behind around 11:20 p.m. Victims and Response Seven people from the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6987,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6985\/revisions\/6987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}