Amish men hospitalized after bikes struck by car

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By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Sep 2, 2008 at 3:14 PM EST

Story Updated: Sep 2, 2008 at 3:14 PM EST

CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) — Two Amish men are hospitalized after their bicycles were hit by a car on a country road in eastern Illinois.

Coles County Sheriff Darrell Cox says Vernon H. Miller is in critical condition at Carle Hospital in Urbana. John H. Miller is in serious condition.

Both of the men are from Arthur, about 40 miles southwest of Urbana.

Cox says the Millers and two other men from Arthur, Phillip L. Gingerich and Eldon I. Plank, were riding their bicycles northeast of Charleston on Monday when a car struck them.

Gingerich and Plank were treated for less serious injuries.

Cox says investigators believe the wreck was an accident.

Members of the eastern Illinois Amish often travel by bicycle in the area.

Thursday, Sep 4 at 6:41 AM jon wrote ...

some mean streets out there. Poor Amish...I'm scared to ride my bike to.

Wednesday, Sep 3 at 4:08 PM tyler bristol wrote ...

HELLO PEOPLE WAKE UP yall are not the only 1 on the road ... i use to be amish and back in lancaster county thir are never any thing on the news about the amish yet come out west and every month thir is somthing about amish get killed or mugged or struked by cars...

Tuesday, Sep 2 at 10:18 PM ron wrote ...

not even the Amish are safe on their bikes.....

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