Police Release Details About Car in Hit-and-Run with Amish Buggy

Michigan State Police said Monday they’re looking for a black Oldsmobile Alero believed to have been involved in a hit-and-run accident that sent an Amish family to the hospital on Thanksgiving Day, The Saginaw News/MLive reports.

The family – a 29- and 23-year-old husband and wife and their two children, ages 2 years and 4 months – sustained non-life-threatening injuries when their buggy was struck by the vehicle, the newspaper said in an earlier report. The four members of the family were treated at Tawas St. Joseph hospital.

The horse pulling the conveyance was severely injured. It’s unclear if the horse survived, nor is the extent of the damage to the buggy known. The buggy was properly marked with lighting and reflectors, police said.

The accident occurred about 10 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day on M-65 near Old State Road in Reno Township in Iosco County. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene.

The vehicle is believed to be a 1999 to 2004-vintage Oldsmobile and likely sustained extensive front-end damage, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Michigan State Police at (989) 345-0956.

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