Pregnant Amish woman hurt in buggy ax

Updated: Friday, 03 Sep 2010, 10:18 AM EDT
Published : Friday, 03 Sep 2010, 10:18 AM EDT

MIDDLEFIELD, Ohio (AP) - Authorities say the driver of a sport-utility vehicle rear-ended a buggy in northeast Ohio, injuring an Amish woman who was eight months pregnant, her husband and their six children.

A nursing supervisor at a Cleveland hospital says 31-year-old Barbara Kauffman of Parkman gave birth to a boy Thursday and was in critical condition.

State Highway Patrol Trooper C.J. Coyne-Hall says Kauffman's husband was driving the buggy and has non-life-threatening injuries. Two of their children were in stable condition Thursday at a children's hospital. Four were treated and released. The children range in age from 1 to 9.

The highway patrol says the driver of the Jeep Cherokee and her 11-month-old child were treated at a hospital and released. Coyne-Hall says charges are pending.

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