Boy seriously injured in horse and buggy crash in southeastern Minnesota
NEWBURG TOWNSHIP, Minn. (FOX 9) - A 12-year-old boy was seriously injured in a crash involving a horse and buggy Friday in southeastern Minnesota.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, at about 7 p.m., an Oldsmobile was traveling east on Highway 44 in Newburg Township when it struck a horse and buggy carrying five people. Officials say three people in the horse and buggy were injured, including a 12-year-old boy who suffered life-threatening injuries.
The group is all from Mabel, Minnesota.
The driver of the Oldsmobile was not injured. Alcohol was not a factor in the crash.