{"id":8834,"date":"2025-11-10T18:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T18:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=8834"},"modified":"2025-11-10T18:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T18:06:09","slug":"tragic-crash-involving-amish-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=8834","title":{"rendered":"Tragic Crash Involving Amish Family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Jeep Crashes Into Amish Buggy, Leaving Seven Injured in Indiana<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A late-night crash on State Road 218 near Berne, Indiana,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>turned tragic when a Jeep struck a horse-drawn Amish buggy carrying nine people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The impact shattered the buggy and sent debris across the road, while the Jeep landed in a nearby ditch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Multiple Injuries Reported<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seven people were hospitalized, including six children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The driver, 32-year-old&nbsp;<em>Ruben L.M. Schwartz<\/em>, was airlifted to Lutheran Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Joseph L.M. Schwartz<\/em>, 20, and five minors were taken to Parkview Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 2-year-old and&nbsp;<em>Saraetta L. Schwartz<\/em>, 32, declined treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Driver and Investigation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Jeep\u2019s driver,&nbsp;<em>Bradley J. Ocilka<\/em>, 33, of Kentucky, underwent a legal blood draw but refused other care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No charges have been filed as the crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Community Impact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emergency crews from several counties responded quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities called the response \u201cswift and complex,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>while the Amish community now faces deep emotional and physical recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeep Crashes Into Amish Buggy, Leaving Seven Injured in Indiana A late-night crash on State Road 218 near Berne, Indiana, turned tragic when a Jeep struck a horse-drawn Amish buggy carrying nine people. The impact shattered the buggy and sent debris across the road, while the Jeep landed in a nearby ditch. Multiple Injuries Reported&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8835,"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-8834","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\/8834","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=8834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8836,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8834\/revisions\/8836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}