More than a dozen people were injured Sunday afternoon when a farm tractor hauling a trailer carrying a youth group on a hayride overturned in Wellsburg, Chemung County.
The crash was reported at 4:38 p.m. at Berwick Turnpike and Main Street in Wellsburg, according to the Chemung County Sheriff's Office daily log.
Wellsburg is a rural village within the town of Ashland, a few miles north of the Pennsylvania border.
Tractor overturns in Wellsburg
According to media reports, Chemung County Sheriff Bill Schrom said a farm tractor was traveling at a high rate of speed when the driver attempted to turn at an intersection.
The turn caused the tractor and trailer to separate, according to Schrom.
The tractor overturned and dragged the driver several yards before coming to rest against
a tree, according to media reports.
14 treated for injuries, 3 critically injured
The trailer was carrying 19 people, many of them children. It traveled a short distance with riders still aboard before also crashing, Schrom said.
Everyone on board was either treated at the scene or taken to an area hospital for treatment.
Three people were in critical condition as of Sunday night, according to the Sheriff's Office. Further details about their injuries were not available.
Schrom told media outlets that the tractor was being used for a hayride for members of a German Baptist community that holds weekly youth gatherings on Sundays.
Deputies are investigating the crash.
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: 14 injured, 3 critically, after hayride tractor overturns in upstate NY
