Rachel Shannon

An Amish buggy travels at just 8 to 10 miles per hour depending on how fast the horse is going.

Sometimes they can be as slow as 5 miles per hour.

So that would have been a very significant blow.

The road was clear for almost half a mile before the crash site and there were no obstructions.

So this SUV saw the Amish buggy for a very long time before the crash happened.

Right away, it was clear that all of these children were in horrible condition.

Every single one of these children were in severe need of help, but tragically, two of them were beyond saving.

Despite the best efforts of first responders, it was found that 7-year-old Wilma and 11-year-old Irma Miller were killed in this crash.

Meanwhile, their two siblings were both in critical condition.

It was later found that their older sister sustained severe road rash to her face, while their nine-year-old brother sustained a broken left shoulder, a lacerated kidney, torn spleen, a concussion, and a brain bleed.

Clearly, again,

This was a devastating crash.

At this point, multiple witnesses had gathered on scene to speak with officers about what they saw.

A man named Tristan was identified as being the first person to arrive on scene.

He said that he saw the SUV and the buggy as well as the girl lying in the road and stopped to help.

He saw a woman who he figured was the driver of the SUV standing on the side of the road talking on the phone, so he assumed she was calling 911.

He described the driver as a blonde white woman wearing a red and black Hy-Vee employee shirt.

The next witness was a man named Leroy.

He said that he and his wife were in their own buggy when they happened upon the crash.

They actually knew the family, so his wife went to notify the family while Leroy stayed on scene to talk to police.