Report: Missing Child in KY Buggy Accident Found Dead

May 3, 2020

Dozens of volunteers and rescue workers searched for the missing child after a Kentucky Amish family’s horse-drawn buggy was swept away trying to cross a low-water bridge in Bath County.

By Jana Benscoter

Source The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa.

Rescue workers from multiple agencies continue to search for a missing child who was a member of an Amish family whose horse-drawn buggy was swept away while trying to cross a stream in Bath County, KY, on Wednesday. Four children died, and an adult made it to land and called for help.

A child who went missing after a Kentucky Amish family’s horse-drawn buggy was swept away in flooded waters earlier this week has been found dead.

The child was found around 11:20 a.m. on Saturday, according to WKYT-TV.

"All search and Rescue crews are safe and will be leaving the area now that their mission is done,” Bath County Judge-Executive Bobby Rogers said Saturday in a Facebook post. "Please continue to pray for the family. I for one appreciate all efforts made, along with those volunteering to recover this child.”

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There were six passengers in the buggy. The adult passenger was able to get to the bank and call for help. Four children, all siblings, were pronounced dead at the scene by the coroner’s office.

The five children and an adult were crossing a low water bridge along Adams Road on Wednesday when the carriage was swept away in the water.

Helicopters were called in to try to locate the missing child. Dozens of volunteers and emergency personnel searched for the missing child in muddy conditions and heavy rain, according to WKYT.

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