A sentence of probation is in the works for a 33-year-old woman who hit an Amish buggy in southern Minnesota and drove off while seven children and their parents in the horse-drawn carriage sustained injuries.
Brittany N. Edgar of Spring Valley, Minn., agreed Tuesday in Fillmore County District Court to plead guilty to one felony count in connection with the Feb. 16 collision on County Road 1 near Spring Valley.
The agreement between the County Attorney’s Office and the defense calls for Edgar to admit to one count of criminal vehicular operation and have dismissed another criminal vehicle operation count as well as charges of leaving the scene of a crash, careless driving, fleeing law enforcement and failure to carry proof of insurance.
The length of Edgar’s probation and other terms will be determined at sentencing, which is scheduled for Dec. 30 before Judge Jeremy Clinefelter.
Court filings in Minnesota show Edgar’s record includes two convictions for drug offenses, one each for drunken driving, a lane violation, disobeying a traffic control device and speeding along with two for careless driving.
The father in the buggy told the Sheriff’s Office the family’s 12-year-old suffered a concussion, their 3-year-old had a broken arm and their 1-year-old sustained a skull fracture as well as a swollen left eye. He said he, his wife and their four other children had minor injuries.
The crash was the second serious collision involving an Amish buggy in Minnesota in February and the third in the state since September 2023.
According to the criminal complaint against Edgar: