An unusual accident last night in Orange Walk claimed the life of a 39 year old Mennonite man from Shipyard. At around 8:30, Johan Knelsen was driving a horse and buggy along with his wife and two kids on the August Pine Ridge road when 38-year-old David Blatz – a Mennonite from Orange Walk Town smashed right into the rear end of the hose and buggy. The impact smashed the buggy and killed Knelsen on the spot while injuring his 37-year-old wife Elizabeth, his 2-year-old daughter and 7–week-old son. Elizabeth Knelsen received bruises to left side of her face, foot and a cut wound on left knee, the two-year-old received scrapes and cut wounds to the left side of her face, forehead and both feet while the baby received minor injuries to the back of his head. The buggy reportedly did not have rear reflectors. It happened a quarter mile out of August Pine Ridge.
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