Amish tour guide is trampled and dragged to death by horse-drawn buggy in horrific accident which left girl, nine, and man, 65, injured
An Amish man has died after being trampled and dragged by a horse-drawn buggy he was driving tourists around in on Sunday afternoon.
Russell Dean Shope, 59, was killed as he worked as a tour guide taking passengers for trips on traditional Amish horse-drawn carts around the Pennsylvanian farming town of Strasburg.
The two passengers on board, a 9-year-old girl and a 65-year-old man visiting from Delaware, Pennsylvania, suffered cuts and bruises after being thrown from the runaway buggy.
Tragedy: Russell Dean Shope was killed as he worked as a tour guide taking passengers for trips on traditional Amish horse-drawn carts around the Pennsylvanian farming town of Strasburg (stock photo)
The accident unfolded after Shope got out of the buggy. He was then trampled and dragged down the road, according to Lancaster County state police.
The buggy continued moving, throwing off the two passengers and striking other vehicles.
Shope, a Marietta resident, worked as a driver for Ed’s Buggy Rides.
The company’s website welcomes customers to ‘experience the beautiful and unforgettable Pennsylvania Dutch country landscape, while watching the every day routine of the Amish.’
It also states that they are the only ‘buggy ride’ that doesn’t travel along main roads.
The Amish community shun modern technology and are known for their traditional horse and cart transportation.
Recent safety regulations stipulate that the buggies must display a reflective orange triangle. Some of the community have challenged this new rule arguing that it infringes on their modesty code.
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