SCHUYLER — State Police responded to a motor vehicle accident involving a car and an Amish buggy on Cosby Manor Road at approximately 7:58 a.m. Oct. 3.
A preliminary investigation determined that a 2011 Volkswagen Jetta, operated by Matthew L. Walker, 45, of Remsen, was traveling westbound on Cosby Manor Road at an unsafe speed.
Walker was following an Amish horse-drawn buggy too closely and attempted to pass it.
During the maneuver, he collided with the buggy, causing both buggy occupants to be ejected.
The occupants of the Amish buggy were identified as Moses J. Swartzentruber, 40, of Poland, who sustained no injuries, and Andy J. Troyer, 30, of Poland, who sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to Wynn Hospital.
The horse pulling the buggy was not injured in the crash.
Walker was not injured.
He was issued multiple traffic tickets including no license, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the 3rd degree, failure to keep right, unsafe passing on the left, unreasonable speed/special hazards, and circumvent interlock – subject to court order – operate without device.
The investigation is ongoing.
