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ETNA GREEN - Four Amish children were injured Monday evening when the buggy they were riding in was struck by a pickup near Etna Green.
The driver of the buggy, Merle D. Chupp, 11, of West CR 450N, Etna Green, suffered cuts and was transferred from Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw, to Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, where he was listed in fair condition this morning in the pediatric intensive care unit.
Also taken to Lutheran was 2-year-old Gloria Chupp, who suffered unspecified injuries. She also is listed in fair condition in pediatric ICU.
Two other children, Beth A. Chupp, 8, and Joseph Chupp, 5, were treated for their injuries at KCH and released.
According to a Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department report, the buggy was eastbound on CR 640N when it came across CR 800W in the path of a pickup driven by Ricki Creamer, 19, of East CR 725S.
The accident occurred about 6:40 p.m.
