SPRING VALLEY, Minn. – The fatalities in a collision between a motor vehicle and an Amish buggy on Monday were children. Irma Miller, 11, and Wilma Miller, 7, died outright when a car rear-ended their two-wheel, horse-drawn buggy. Their names were released belatedly by Fillmore County Sheriff John DeGeorge. Two other children, age 13 and 9, were seriously hurt. The Amish children, all brothers and sisters, were from a farm family near Spring Valley. They were on their way toschool. The accident was at the crest of a hill. Sheriff DeGeorge said the circumstances of the crash will be reconstructed to sort through details of what happened. The motor vehicle, a Toyota 4Runner, was driven by a 35-year-old Spring Valley woman. The sheriff declined to release her name.
