Five children and two adults were injured when the horse-drawn buggy they were traveling in was struck by a pickup truck in Montcalm County Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 12.

The Michigan State Police said all five children were transported to a hospital in either serious or critical condition. An adult woman who was in the buggy was in critical condition, and an adult man suffered minor injuries, the Michigan State Police Sixth District said in a post on X at about 7:30 p.m.

The male who was driving the pickup suffered minor injuries, police said.

"Please keep this family and their community in your thoughts," the MSP said in the post.

According to a post on X, the buggy was eastbound on Dickerson Lake Road, east of M-91 in Montcalm Township, when the pickup truck attempted to pass.

While

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