SUV rear-ends buggy in Ohio, injuring pregnant Amish woman, her husband and 6 children

Pregnant Amish woman is hurt in Ohio buggy crash

MIDDLEFIELD, Ohio — Authorities say the driver of a sport-utility vehicle rear-ended a buggy in northeast Ohio, injuring an Amish woman who was eight months pregnant, her husband and their six children.

A nursing supervisor at a Cleveland hospital says 31-year-old Barbara Kauffman of Parkman gave birth to a boy Thursday and was in critical condition.

State Highway Patrol Trooper C.J. Coyne-Hall says Kauffman’s husband was driving the buggy and has non-life-threatening injuries. Two of their children were in stable condition Thursday at a children’s hospital. Four were treated and released. The children range in age from 1 to 9.

The highway patrol says the driver of the Jeep Cherokee and her 11-month-old child were treated at a hospital and released. Coyne-Hall says charges are pending.