Cops: SUV slams into horse-drawn buggy, injuring 7

• The crash occurred at around 7 p.m. Thursday in Colerain Township
• The SUV slammed into the buggy after the buggy missed a stop sign
• Seven people were riding in the buggy and at least four were ejected
• The baby was airlifted to Hershey Medical Center and is stable
• The driver and one child suffered severe injuries, but are in stable condition

By Belinda Robinson For Mail Online

Published: 10:12 EST, 28 November 2014 | Updated: 14:00 EST, 28 November 2014

An SUV slammed into a horse-drawn buggy with such force that it ejected four people, including a three-month-old baby onto the street, in Pennsylvania Dutch country.

Authorities said the crash occurred at 7 p.m. on Thursday on Kirkwood Pike at the intersection with Maple Shade Road in Colerain Township.

The buggy drove past a stop sign and was hit by the Subaru Outback injuring all seven people inside the buggy.

Wreckage: Locals look at the mangled wreck left after an SUV slammed into the horse-drawn buggy

Overturned: Police said the buggy drove past a stop sign and was hit by the Subaru Outback injuring all seven people inside the buggy

Emergency: Police gather near the scene and appear to stand near the SUV that was involved in the crash

The baby was airlifted to Hershey Medical Center.

The driver of the buggy has been named as Daniel Esh, 38, of Kirkwood.

Esh and a little girl who suffered severe injuries were taken to hospital, but were listed in stable condition, according to police.

Two boys in the buggy suffered minor injuries, and a woman was not injured.

Altogether, there were two adults, four children and the infant riding in the buggy at the time of the crash.

Meanwhile, the SUV driver and her passenger sustained minor injuries.

They have been named as Beverly Paul, 71, of Annapolis, Maryland who was driving the Subaru Outback that struck the horse-drawn carriage. And a 92-year-old woman.

Paul suffered minor injuries, as did her passenger.

Road: The crash occurred on Kirkwood Pike at the intersection with Maple Shade Road, Colerain Township

Collision: The buggy drove past a stop sign and was hit by a Subaru Outback, similar to this one pictured

All of the injured were taken to Lancaster General Hospital by ambulance - apart from the infant.

The impact of the crash shattered the wood and fiberglass carriage into pieces, scattering debris more than 50-yards away.

Witnesses said they found parts of the buggy yards from the intersection where the collision occurred.

Becky Hemric, who lives nearby told Lancaster Online: 'I saw people laying everywhere and the buggy all smashed up.'

‘There was a baby who was thrown from the buggy. We just did what we could until help arrived.’

Another local resident, Mark Harmon was inside his home, when he heard the crash.

‘I knew it wasn't metal on metal,’ he said.

‘I saw the SUV rolling back down the hill after the accident. I ran up to help, and there were bodies everywhere.

‘People in the street, people attending to the baby. I just got them some blankets, and tried to keep them from getting hit by other cars.

‘I've never seen anything like it.’

Lancaster County-Wide Communications declared the crash a ‘mass casualty’ incident, calling multiple ambulance and medic units to the scene.

The horse reportedly survived the crash.

Colerain Township is about 20 miles southeast of Lancaster.