OPP officers are investigating a crash involving a mini-van and horse-drawn carriage that sent several people, including children, to the hospital. According to police, the collision happened just after 6 p.m. on Sunday along County Road 9 near Dufferin County Road 2 in Melancthon Township, north of Dundalk, which has a significant Mennonite population. Police say two adults and six children in the buggy were taken to the hospital by ambulance with injuries that police have described as being non-life-threatening. The occupants of the van were not injured. The collision destroyed the horse-drawn buggy, and police said it spooked the two horses into running off. They were retrieved and taken to a barn at a local farm. It's believed the animals were uninjured. There is no word on charges at this time. Police say the cause of the collision remains under investigation. Police ask anyone with information or video footage of the collision to come forward.
