On a stretch of State Road 218 outside Berne, a way of life collided with the modern world at highway speed. A horse-drawn buggy carrying nine Amish occupants was struck from behind late at night, shattering the carriage and hurling passengers into the roadway. Seven people were injured, most of them children, their quiet ride home replaced by helicopter rotors, sirens, and floodlights carving through the dark.
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