Drunken Amish Buggy Race Leads To Collision With Squad Car, Rollover Crash

[malq]

Boys will be boys and that includes dragracing their Souped up buggies after a few beers. Apparently you can still get a DUI on a horse, a riding lawnmower, a bicycle or tricycle. Riding big girls under the influence is still ok for now.

Police were dispatched to the town of Sherman in upstate New York on Sunday night responding to complaints about Amish youths drinking and drag racing their horse and carriages on the road, said Chautauqua County Sheriff Joseph Gerace.

When police arrived, the kids had two buggies staged on the road ready to drag race, and each was taking up a lane of traffic. “One of the buggies tried to shift out of the way when a patrol car came and ended up crashing into it," Gerace said. "These Amish kids were racing their buggies up and down the street,"

The four youths, aged 18 to 20, were charged with underage possession of alcohol after they crashed their buggy into a deputy's car.

MSNBC said the police report from the crash said the buggy flipped over and the horse broke free, running off to a nearby barn. Several other buggies reportedly fled the scene.

Police in this area of New York seem to have an ongoing problem with the Amish youth. This is the second of two buggying and driving incidents in the same general area of New York in the past 8 months. In July 2011, a 17-year-old led a patrol car on a low-speed chase after the cop saw him drinking beer and driving his buggy.

Maybe the police need to start a new ad campaign in the Amish community in western New York, “Friends don’t let friends drink and buggy.”

[newstarshipsmell]

a 17-year-old led a patrol car on a low-speed chase...

Thank God I wasn't drinking anything when I read this.

[princessgrandma]

“Friends don’t let friends drink and buggy.”

I so want a bumper sticker. I'm going to send it to all our friends and family in PA. Shoot, I'll keep one for me when we take a trip up north.

Maybe I'm mistaken but I didn't think that the Amish drank. I've seen those shows where someone sneaks in and helps the Amish kids get out secretly, to escape the hard life of the Amish, and one of the first things the kid asked for in one show was a cigarette and a beer. Maybe I have a misconception of what the Amish believe and condemn.

[62julietandvoid]

Several other buggies reportedly fled the scene.

[Obsolete]

Boys will be boys and that includes dragracing their Souped up buggies after a few beers. Apparently you can still get a DUI on a horse, a riding lawnmower, a bicycle or tricycle. Riding big girls under the influence is still ok for now.

Thank goodness for that.

[Obsolete]

A friend of mine was traveling somewhere East of here (every state except Wa and Ca is East of here) and he posted a picture on FB of buggy parking spaces at a Walmart. That right there is some funny shit.

[Shadow]

Several other buggies reportedly fled the scene.

Can you just picture this? All the other buggies peeling out and fleeing? Cops chasin' 'em... ROFLMAO


~shadow

[Morbid]

Sherman, NY – New York state sheriff deputies responding to a report of an underage drinking on a rural road presumably faced imminent death when – upon turning on to the road in question – they encountered several Amish buggies heading directly toward them in both lanes at a high rate of speed. Chautauqua County Sheriff Joe Gerace said Monday that there was, “reason to believe” that the buggies were racing. Police noted that the drivers – who were jockeying for position while using both lanes of the roadway – tried to steer around the patrol vehicle. One of the buggies was unsuccessful, colliding with the patrol car and rolling onto its side in a horrific spectacle of illegal street racing. A passenger in the ill-fated buggy, Marvin Byler, 19, sustained minor injuries when his leg was trapped underneath. The operator of the flipped buggy, Marty Troyer, 20, and a second passenger, Marianne Troyer, 18, were not injured. The horse became separated from the buggy and ran into a nearby pit area barn. Deputies reportedly found several containers of alcohol in the buggies. According to police, Marty Troyer told them of a party being held at his property. This led to Marty being charged with underage possession of alcohol and unlawfully dealing with a child – due to the fact that minors had been served at the party. Marianne Troyer, Byler, and Leroy Troyer, 20, the operator of a second buggy, were charged with underage possession of alcohol. All four subjects are to be brought before Sherman Town Court at a later date. It was a dark day for the Troyer street racing dynasty. It is worth noting that – had they been driving cars – the likely DUI convictions would have meant mandatory six-month driver’s license suspension, fines up to $1,000, and a requirement to install an ignition interlock device. But… as there is no such thing as a ‘buggy DUI’ and because horse interlocks are notoriously unreliable, these miscreants will likely pay only a small fee and be released before sunset is nigh. Sadly and without question, their nights will remain drunken orgies of equine nitrous packs and undercarriage lighting interspersed with violent clashes over who has the coolest spinners or most extreme lowering package. God, I hate Amish tuners.  
This article is from The Dreamin' Demon, the Internet's self-appointed buzzkill.


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