CLINTONVILLE (KDKA) — The driver of the van who was taking six of his Amish neighbors to a funeral was something his wife said he often did – drive for his friends.

A. Lewis Sweetapple, 76, was well-known and loved. The owner of McKinley Funeral Home in Clintonville, Venango County, said Sweetapple drove to supplement his income.

The Amish can ride in cars, but are forbidden to own or drive them.

Larry McKinley says he will prepare all four bodies for burial; however, the Amish will hold funeral services from their homes and then carry their loved ones by horse and buggy to an Amish cemetery.

This part of Venango County is a place where old customs still thrive in a modern world.

And the morning crash leaves both worlds in pain.