SPRING VALLEY, Minn. — A woman driving a horse-drawn flatbed buggy was injured when stuck by a pickup truck east of Spring Valley. The horse died. The accident was about 7:30 a.m. The 26-year-old woman was taken 28 miles to a Rochester hospital. Fillmore County deputies said the truck, a 2010 Ford pickup driven by Daniel Sheldon, 63, of Stewartville, was southbound on County Road 8, as was the buggy. Sheldon was cited for inattentive driving. The accident was on County Road 8 north of the intersection with 250th Street.
Buggy wrecks
In southeast Minnesota’s Fillmore County:
> September 2023: Two girls were killed, two hurt.
> February 24: Six were hospitalized.
> June 2024: Horse was killed.
> April 2025: Woman was hurt, horse killed