{"id":37376,"date":"2026-06-06T23:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T03:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=37376"},"modified":"2026-06-07T11:39:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:39:45","slug":"teen-killed-another-injured-in-buggy-semi-crash-near-monroe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/teen-killed-another-injured-in-buggy-semi-crash-near-monroe\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen killed, another injured in buggy-semi crash near Monroe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DANE FUELLING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MONROE \u2014 A 16-year-old girl was killed and another teenager was injured early Friday morning following a crash involving a horse-drawn buggy and a semi-truck in Adams County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Adams County Sheriff\u2019s Office, deputies were dispatched at approximately 2:11 a.m. on June 6th to the area of State Road 124 and County Road 200 East for a personal injury crash involving a buggy and a commercial semi-truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investigators said both the buggy and the semi-truck were traveling westbound when, for reasons that remain under investigation, the semi-truck struck the buggy from behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Pic2.jpeg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Pic2-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Pic2-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Pic2-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Pic2-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Pic2-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Pic2-scaled.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Pic2-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photos shared by the Adams County Sheriff&#8217;s Office show marks on the semi from Saturday morning&#8217;s accident. (Photo provided)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First responders found two occupants of the buggy injured at the scene. Joe Schwartz, 16, of rural Monroe, was transported to a hospital for treatment. Laura Schwartz, 16, of rural Decatur, was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The driver of the semi-truck, identified as Evan Hurr, was not injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assisting at the scene were Adams County EMS, the Monroe Fire Department, the Decatur Police Department, and the Indiana State Police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Adams County Sheriff\u2019s Office said the investigation remains ongoing and no additional information has been released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DANE FUELLING WZBD.com MONROE \u2014 A 16-year-old girl was killed and another teenager was injured early Friday morning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[15,21],"class_list":["post-37376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Pic2-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1920&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37378,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37376\/revisions\/37378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}