Three injured in horse-drawn buggy crash

Three people suffered serious injuries after a car collided with their horse-drawn buggy Sunday evening. 

The people in the horse and buggy were eastbound on U.S. Highway 18 and had stopped at a stop sign about half a mile north of Tripp, according to the Department of Public Safety.

They began to cross the intersection at Highway 31, when a 2001 Ford Taurus that was southbound hit the back of the buggy.

All three were ejected. 

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The driver, Amos Borntregar, 41, of Tripp, suffered serious non-life threatening injuries. Katie Borntregar, 20, of Tripp, was airlifted to a Sioux Falls hospital with life-threatening injuries. Esther Borntreger, 18, of Tripp, suffered serious non-life threatening injuries. 

No charges are pending against the 41-year-old driver of the Ford Taurus. She was wearing a seat belt and was not injured. 

The Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. Hutchinson County Sheriff's Office, Bon Homme County Sheriff's Office, Tripp Police Department, Tripp Ambulance and Parkston Ambulance assisted. 

Buggies are not regulated because they are more of a form of husbandry, said Tony Mangan with the Department of Public Safety. There were no seat belts and seat belt laws do not apply to the buggies. 

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