JACKSON COUNTY, Ill. (WJPF) – A traffic crash involving a horse-and-buggy has killed one child and seriously injured another.

The accident happened around 8:15 a.m. Thursday on Highway 127 in rural Murphysboro.

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says Jawone Newell failed to slow down and rear ended the horse drawn cart.

Two Amish children were on board the cart. They were both taken to a St. Louis hospital where one child later died.