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Stephen Lance Dennee / The Paducah Sun via AP
The ravished buggy of an Amish family is seen in a field along Roscoe Creek, Feb. 25, 2011, near Dublin, Ky. Four children died late Thursday when the horse-drawn buggy carrying the family toppled in the rain-swollen creek. The family of nine was on the way home after making a phone call.
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MAYFIELD, Ky. -- A woman and eight children were attempting to cross Roscoe Creek in a downpour in the dark Thursday when the accident happened. Officials say the family may not have realized the creek had risen. The woman and four children made it to safety, rescuers said.
The accident happened as severe storms pummeled the nation's midsection and southeast , leaving behind a trail of downed trees and splintered power lines. Torrential rains drenched parts of Kentucky and other states Thursday night.
“We were hoping and praying for this to have a different outcome. But the story has a very tragic end,” Graves County Sheriff Dewayne Redmon told The Paducah Sun.
Sheriff Dewayne Redmon talks with the Weather Channel's Jim Cantore about finding the fourth child of an Amish family who was found dead after floodwaters swept away the family's buggy.
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What a sad story. Did this mother think she was in a boat, instead of a horse drawn wagon. I have to wonder what a person thinks. What a shame.
What a sad tragedy for a family to deal with.
Oyur Prayers go out to this Amish Family and their community, would like to say sorry for this incident and may god be with you in your need, I have been around the Amish people and their community, they are really good honest and frendly people and I hope god will bless them through this tragedy and loss; I lost my son in a severe auto accident in 1997 and the way I got over the tragedy was to remember that god has a reason for everything, and all things work out to the glory of god, so the way I looked at my sons death was that god must of decided that his time was up and he needed him to come home, and I will see him again in time when we all meet in heaven, I hope this helps anyone that reads this and may god bless those in need !
This is a terrible tragedy for the family and community...very sad.
It does serve as a reminder too that you should never try to cross a swollen creek, river. Mother nature is just too powerful and unforgiving>
What happened to the horse? This is a terrible event for the family.