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Vol. 120 No. 5 In our 120th year!

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

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  FLAMES WERE EMITTING . . . from the Chrysler PT Cruiser's engine compartment upon arrival by the Frankenmuth Police and Fire Departments; the black horse-drawn carriage was totally wrecked.

Car in flames following impact with horse carriage

  A distracted driver created quite a crash between her vehicle and horse-drawn carriage on the southeast part of the city.

  The incident took place at 9:41pm Friday, August 1, in the 11000 block of East Curtis Road, near the intersection of Conway Road.

  With the sun setting about 30 minutes early, the area was a bit dark. A 26-year-old Millington woman was operating her 2008 Chrysler PT Cruiser heading eastbound on East Curtis Road, traveling alone. She told Frankenmuth Police Department officers she was distracted by her cell phone.

  While traveling east, she did not see the black horse-drawn carriage and struck it from behind. The impact caused the carriage driver, a 26-year-old Columbiaville woman, to be ejected from the carriage seat where she landed in a field. There were two other carriages in front of her, leaving town together for the evening.

  The impact also caused a fire in the engine compartment of the PT Cruiser. FPD officers fire deployed a fire extinguisher before the Frankenmuth Fire Department arrived on the scene to douse the flames.

  “There was a lot of chaos at the scene,” FPD Chief Don Mawer said.

  Fortunately, the vehicle driver, carriage operator and the horse suffered only minor injuries.

H & H Acres Carriage Services, based out of Fostoria, are the carriage owners. The driver was taking the carriage back to nearby barn on East Curtis Road for storage. .....  

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