The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is working on a new safety manual for horse-drawn buggy drivers, in an effort to curb crashes with fast-moving vehicles on winding Amish country roads. Seven members of an Amish family were hospitalized Sunday night after the latest such accident.

The new manual will focus on common sense and courtesy, emphasizing lights and reflectors the law requires on carriages to make buggies more visible. "It's primarily going to be geared toward the Amish, giving them some tips on how to cope with much heavier, faster-moving vehicles than their buggies," said PENNDOT spokesperson Rich Kirkpatrick.

In the latest crash, an SUV plowed into an Amish family's buggy Sunday night on an unlit, two-lane bridge over the Susquehanna River near Holtwood. The collision threw the family, including five children from ages 3 to 11, from the buggy and killed the horse.

No charges reportedly have been filed against the SUV driver, Dale Baughman, who struck the buggy from behind. Baughman was not injured.

Pennsylvania had 371 horse-and-buggy accidents, killing 18 people, from 1996 to 2000. In 40 percent of the crashes, the buggy was struck from behind.