{"id":27766,"date":"2025-10-26T18:29:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T18:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=27766"},"modified":"2025-10-26T18:29:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T18:29:25","slug":"jeep-plows-into-amish-buggy-near-berne-father-airlifted-multiple-children-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=27766","title":{"rendered":"Jeep plows into Amish buggy near Berne \u2014 father airlifted, multiple children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A late-night crash in <strong>rural Indiana<\/strong> left several people \u2014 including children \u2014 seriously injured after a <strong>Jeep collided with a horse-drawn Amish buggy<\/strong> on State Road 218 near Berne. The accident happened around <strong>11:20 p.m. on October 7<\/strong>, shattering the stillness of the countryside and prompting a massive emergency response.<\/p>\n<p>According to authorities, the buggy carried <strong>nine occupants<\/strong>, seven of whom were hospitalized. Among them were <strong>six juveniles<\/strong> and <strong>32-year-old Ruben L. M. Schwartz<\/strong>, who was airlifted with severe injuries. The Jeep driver, <strong>33-year-old Bradley J. Ocilka of Kentucky<\/strong>, was taken for a legal blood draw and released pending investigation.<\/p>\n<p>First responders described a chaotic scene \u2014 the buggy splintered, debris scattered, and responders working through the night under flashing red lights. Multiple local and state agencies joined forces to assist, underscoring the challenges of crashes involving both modern vehicles and horse-drawn transport.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have not yet released updates on the victims\u2019 conditions. The tragedy has renewed concern about <strong>road safety in Amish communities<\/strong>, where traditional travel methods share space with high-speed traffic \u2014 a reminder of how fragile the balance can be between two very different ways of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A late-night crash in rural Indiana left several people \u2014 including children \u2014 seriously injured after a Jeep collided with a horse-drawn Amish buggy on State Road&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27767,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jeep plows into Amish buggy near Berne 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