Deadly horse and buggy crashes are increasing. Virginia has no plan to turn the trend around.
In December of 2019, the Yoder loved ones was traveling east on Route 60 in Buckingham County when George M. Lee crashed his Chevrolet Silverado into their horse and buggy, killing mom Sylvia Yoder, throwing her husband from the automobile and sending their 4 children ranging in age from 2 to 10 a long time outdated to the medical center with significant injuries. The following yr, Joseph S. Swarey of Pittsylvania County died at just 19 right after a driver collided with his carriage. And last Oct, a driver in a Toyota Tundra rear-ended the Esh spouse and children in Cumberland County, killing both equally mothers and fathers and gravely injuring their eight youngsters.
Whilst the rely of such crashes involving a horse and buggy has scarcely budged in excess of the last seven a long time for which the Department of Motor Motor vehicles offered facts, the quantity of