CANTON, Minn. – Four people escaped injury when their horse-drawn buggy was struck by a car north of the Iowa border town of Canton. The horse died. Fillmore County Sheriff John DeGeorge said a pickup truck on County Road 21 swerved to avoid the buggy and struck the horse. The pickup driver suffered minor scrapes but did not require medical treatment, the sheriff said. The accident occurred about 4 p.m. It was the third in the past year in Fillmore County involving a motor vehicle and an Amish buggy.
