Moment ‘drunk’ Amish man’s buggy ‘rams into cop’s car’

An Amish man cops say was drunk was filmed passed out behind the wheel of his moving buggy – which only came to a halt when it crashed into a police road block.  

Bodycam video captured the moment twenty-one-year-old Nathan Miller was found in Orwell by Ashtabula Sheriff deputies around 2:43 a.m. on Saturday. 

Law enforcement had responded to reports that Miller’s buggy was ‘all over the road,’ Fox News first reported.

‘Hey, hey, wake up!’ Sheriff’s Deputy Mike Talbert can be heard saying as he first spots the rogue buggy.

When Miller trundles on by to the sound of clattering hooves, Talbert speaks into his radio and says: ‘There’s a Bud Light can in there and he’s passed clean out. We got a drunk Amish guy passed out in a buggy.’

After a low-speed chase, Talbert tried to block the road, and the buggy crashed into the deputy’s car. 

‘I have it stopped,’ Talbert said. ‘Nope, disregard, he just rammed it into my car.’ 

It was only then that a very-confused Miller woke up, and finally regained control of his buggy.  

Miller has been arrested and charged with operating a vehicle while under the influence. He is scheduled in court on May 26. 

Penalties for operating horse-drawn vehicles while impaired are generally lighter than those drunk car drivers are given, and Miller will likely be slapped with a fine.  

Bodycam video captured the moment twenty-one-year-old Nathan Miller was found in Orwell by Ashtabula Sheriff deputies around 2:43 a.m. on Saturday

Miller has been arrested and charged with operating a vehicle while under the influence. He is scheduled in court on May 26

Ashtabula Sheriff deputies responded to 911 reports that Miller’s buggy was all over the road. 

Miller’s horse rides past by Talbert, who then tells a fellow deputy he saw a Bud Light can inside the buggy and a passed-out Miller behind the wheel. 

‘He’ll go home, the horse knows how to get home,’ Talbert says between laughs as he hops inside his vehicle. 

The deputy then follows the buggy and describes the situation through his radio.  

‘He just turned eastbound on Bogue and I yelled at the guy when he rode by,’ Talbert says in bodycam footage of the incident. 

‘There is a Bud Light can sitting in the d**n buggy and I hit the side of the buggy and hollered at the guy. He’s passed clean out. He’s slumped over.’

Talbert drove past the buggy and then parked his car to block the road

After a low-speed chase, Talbert tried to block the road, and the buggy crashed into the deputy’s car

Miller finally wakes up after the crash makes him fall from the buggy’s seat to its floor.  Three individuals are then seen approaching the scene, and Talbert asks them to hold the horse so it doesn’t continue crashing into the deputy’s car

Talbert drove past the buggy and then parked his car to block the road.  

‘I have it stopped,’ Talbert said before Miller’s buggy crashed into the deputy’s car.  ‘Nope, disregard, he just rammed it into my car.’ 

Miller finally wakes up after the crash makes him fall from the buggy’s seat to its floor. 

‘Hey! Stop the horse … grab your horse’ Talbert tells an evidently confused Miller. 

Three individuals are then seen approaching the scene, and Talbert asks them to hold the horse so it doesn’t continue crashing into the deputy’s car. 

Police said that Miller’s breathalyzer test registered .063percent. He was charged with operating a vehicle under the influence and arrested. 

Miller suffered a minor injury and the horse was okay, Fox reported.