18-YEAR OLD AMISH MAN KILLED IN HART COUNTY WRECK INVOLVING BUGGY

            A WRECK INVOLVING A HORSE AND BUGGY WITHOUT A SLOW MOVING SIGN OR REFLECTORS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A YOUNG AMISH MAN LAST NIGHT IN HART COUNTY.

            THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 5 O’CLOCK, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT FROM STATE POLICE IN BOWLING GREEN, WHICH SAYS 44-YEAR OLD MICHAEL RIGGS OF HORSE CAVE WAS WESTBOUND ON KENTUCKY 728 WHEN HE STRUCK A HORSE AND BUGGY OPERATED BY 18-YEAR OLD AARON BYLER IN THE REAR.

            RIGGS LIKELY COULDN’T SEE THE BUGGY UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE BECAUSE IT HAD NO REFLECTORS OR SIGN. BYLER WAS TAKEN BY HELICOPTER TO A LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE DIED FROM HIS INJURIES.

            RIGGS WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM CAVERNA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AT LEAST THREE COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY HAVE PASSED LAWS REQUIRING A SLOW MOVING VENICLE SIGN IN RECENT MONTHS, THOUGH SOME AMISH SECTS SAY THE SIGNS VIOLATE THEIR REGLIOUS PRINCIPLES.

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11/18/2011/AM