The Amish typically rely on horse-drawn buggies for transportation and do not operate their own cars or trucks but will ride in vehicles driven by people who are not Amish.

GILFORD TOWNSHIP, Michigan — A van carrying several members of an Amish community was hit by a pickup truck Tuesday, killing six people, authorities say. Five of the dead were Amish, WJRT Channel 12 reports. One person in the pickup truck also was killed.

A pickup truck went through a stop sign in rural Michigan and crashed into a van carrying members of an Amish community, killing at least six people, authorities said. The crash occurred Tuesday afternoon in Tuscola County’s Gilford Township,