One killed in Missouri in collision between Amish carriage, SUV

WHEELING, Mo. – The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a person died when a sports utility vehicle hit an Amish horse-drawn carriage in northwest Missouri.

The patrol says the accident happened Thursday morning on a state highway near Wheeling in Livingston County, about 80 miles at of St. Joseph.

A person in the carriage died. The deceased person’s name was not released.

Patrol Sgt. Jacob Angle says the vehicle apparently hit the carriage from behind.

The St. Joseph News-Press reports that Angle said two juveniles in the buggy suffered non-life threatening injuries. The SUV driver was not injured.

This story was originally published March 26, 2015 at 12:44 PM with the headline "One killed in Missouri in collision between Amish carriage, SUV."