MINERVA, Ohio (WJW) -- Concern about accidents involving fast moving vehicles and slow-moving Amish buggies, is prompting a Northeast Ohio family to launch a campaign to change the law and the effort was inspired by their own heartbreaking experience.

The parents of 20-year-old Zachary Wensel of Minerva say he was a hard-working young man with a bright future until March 3rd, 2024, when he was involved in a terrible accident while riding his motorcycle in the Amish Country of Holmes County.

As he came over the crest of a hill at 50 miles per hour, he was immediately confronted with an SUV, that was going only five miles an hour because it was behind an Amish buggy.

Zachary’s mother, Dr. Dawna Wensel, told FOX 8, "he had no other option but to take the full brunt of the force and hit the

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