Patrol Investigates Injury crash involving horse drawn buggy
Milton Township – At approximately 6:05 PM The Ohio State Highway Patrol was dispatched to a crash involving a truck and a horse drawn buggy on State Route 96.
A buggy was traveling eastbound on State Route 96 just east of Township Road 1353. A 1997 Dodge Ram truck was also traveling eastbound on State Route 96 behind the buggy. The Dodge truck and the buggy collided. The Dodge came to a controlled rest on the south side of State Route 96 and the buggy was located in a private drive on the north side of State Route 96.
The buggy was operated by Ester Miller, age 19 of Ashland, Ohio. The Dodge truck was operated by Reed Saltzgaber, age 19 of Mansfield, Ohio.
The buggy had three juvenile occupants. One juvenile occupant was taken to University Hospital Ashland Samaritan Hospital and later taken by medical helicopter to Akron Children’s Hospital with serious injuries.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol was assisted on-scene by The Ashland County Sheriff’s Office and the Ashland Fire Department. State Route 96 was closed for approximately one hour while the crash was investigated.
The crash remains under investigation at this time. Alcohol and/or drugs are not suspected as factors in the crash.
