ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Eddie Swartzentruber was 17 years old when he left the Amish community where he grew up. He always knew he wanted to leave, but the escape wasn't something he had planned out.

Three young siblings were killed last week when their Amish buggy was struck by a Mercedes, WILX 10 reports. It happened just after 8 a.m. Wednesday in Marshall County, Ind., near the Michigan ...