{"id":49597,"date":"2017-10-30T05:38:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T05:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=49597"},"modified":"2017-10-30T05:38:42","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T05:38:42","slug":"3-children-killed-6-hurt-after-truck-slams-into-carriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/3-children-killed-6-hurt-after-truck-slams-into-carriage.html","title":{"rendered":"3 children killed, 6 hurt after truck slams into carriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">3 children killed, 6 hurt after truck slams into carriage<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">At least three children were killed and six other people were critically injured after a driver in a pickup truck slammed into a horse-drawn buggy early Sunday in central Michigan, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The crash took place around 8:34 a.m. in Sheridan, located about 45 miles northeast of Grand Rapids, Fox 17 reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Michigan State Police told Fox 17 the pickup was traveling eastward when it struck the buggy and &#8220;demolished it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Nine people were riding inside the carriage at the time of the crash, police said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Michigan State Police said the three children killed were a 7-year-old girl, a 9-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy. The six others occupants of the buggy were transported to area hospitals where they were listed in critical condition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">State police told Fox 17 that the horse survived the fatal accident and &#8220;was fine&#8221; after the crash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The driver of the pickup was not injured, and troopers say he was cooperative following the crash, according to Fox 17.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Officials said drugs and alcohol were not factors in the accident, which remains under investigation by the Michigan State Police.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2017\/10\/29\/michigan-buggy-crash-3-children-killed-6-hurt-after-truck-slams-into-carriage.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/3-children-killed-6-hurt-after-truck-slams-into-carriage.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 children killed, 6 hurt after truck slams into carriage At least three children were killed and six other people were critically injured after a driver in a pickup truck slammed into a horse-drawn buggy early Sunday in central Michigan, officials said. 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