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> From > ><http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20020527/1004530.asp>http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20020527/1004530.asp > > > >3 Amish men charged in buggy race, crash > >By ANTHONY CARDINALE >News Staff Reporter >5/27/2002 > >Three young Amish men have been charged in a late-night buggy race in the >Town of Leon in which a collision with a fourth buggy left a horse dead. > >The charges were announced Sunday after a weeklong investigation of the >May 19 accident by the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Department. Deputies >were called to the scene after a dead horse and smashed buggy were found >in a ditch on Riga Road last Monday. > >Deputies said the three men from Leon were racing their buggies south on >Riga Road at 11 p.m. when they crested a knoll and encountered a >northbound buggy driven by Eli D. Miller, 17, of Napoli. The unsuspecting >Miller collided with the horse and buggy driven by Jacob E. Wengerd, 17, >of Route 62, deputies said. Wengerd's horse was killed, and Miller's horse >suffered cuts to its legs and chest, deputies added. > >Wengerd was charged with cruelty to an animal, taking part in an unlawful >speed contest, unsafe passing and failure to keep right. > >The other two buggies were driven by Wengerd's brother, Andy E., 18, and >Joseph R. Miller, 20, of Riga Road, according to deputies. Both men were >charged with taking part in an unlawful speed contest. > >No injuries were reported. The three defendants must appear in Leon Town >Court on June 5. ---[ End of Forwarded Message ]----------------------------- Although this is not meant to be a "humorous", the mental images I get causes me to giggle a bit... :^) Robert K. Kuhn CRX Owners Group President (http://www.crx.org/southcal) 1990 Honda CRXsi (http://drive.to/jiggy) ICQ # 3714283 (nickname: godzilla)
