Updated: December 13, 2017


LAWRENCEBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED THIS MORNING INVOLVING AN AMISH BUGGY.  EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WERE DISPATCHED TO THE ACCIDENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 43 SOUTH AND THE HIGHWAY 64 BYPASS JUST BEFORE 8 O'CLOCK.  INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE A SILVER VAN HIT THE BUGGY FROM BEHIND, INJURING ALL FOUR OCCUPANTS AS WELL AS TWO HORSES.  ONE OCCUPANT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS SOON TRANSPORTED TO VANDERBILT IN CRITICAL CONDITION.  THE CITY'S CRITICAL ACCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM WERE CALLED TO HELP RECONSTRUCT THE SCENE.  AT THIS TIME, THE DRIVER OF THE VAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH DUE CAR AND NO PROOF OF INSURANCE.