Amish buggy driver injured in collision with tanker truck in Mercer County

State Police say glare from the sun may have contributed to a crash involving a milk tanker truck and an Amish buggy in Mercer County.

A rescue squad from New Wilmington was dispatched shortly before 7:30 a.m. Thursday to the 1500 block of Mercer New Wilmington Road to a reported injury accident in East Lackawannock Township.

State Police say the tanker, driven by 71-year-old John Herman of South Dayton, N.Y. struck the buggy being driven by 26-year-old Joe A. Byler of Volant.

Police are still investigating but believe the truck driver's sight was impaired by the sun as he drove into a shaded area where the buggy was traveling.

Byler was taken to Mercy Hospital in Youngstown with a neck injury.

Police did not report if the horse was injured.