Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department
Officers of the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department recently investigated the following accidents:
Monday, Oct. 21, 1:04 a.m. 800 West near 100 South, Mentone. Driver: Timothy P. Richard, 19, Sheridan Street, Warsaw. Driver struck deer. Damages: up to $2,500
Sunday, Oct. 20, 7:52 p.m. Kinsey Road near 550 South, Claypool. Driver: Sherlock Harrison, 41, 350 South, Warsaw. Driver struck deer. Damages: up to $5,000
Sunday, Oct. 20, 7:47 p.m. 100 South near 800 West, Warsaw. Driver: Stacy L. Price, 29, 100 South, Warsaw. Driver struck deer. Damages: up to $5,000
Saturday, Oct. 19, 1:30 a.m. US 30 near 950 West, Etna Green. Driver: Matthew W. Miller, 41, 3A Road, Plymouth. Driver struck deer. Damages: up to $5,000
Saturday, Oct. 19, 12:50 a.m. SR 13 near 650 East, Syracuse. Driver: Wayne E. Lyon. Lyon lost control of his vehicle, exited the roadway, and collided with a concrete wall and fence in the Sleepy Owl Restaurant parking lot. Lyon sustained minor injuries and bleeding from the face. According to the accident report, it is believed that Lyon had been drinking. He was administered a blood alcohol test to which the results are currently pending. Damages: up to $50,000
Saturday, Oct. 19, 12:29 a.m. Main Street near Channel Street, North Webster. Driver: Becky J. Kern, 50, Crystal Flash Road 30, North Webster. Kern cut a turn at the intersection too short and drove into a ditch. Damages: up to $2,500
Friday, Oct. 18, 9:59 p.m. US 30 near Van Ness Road, Pierceton. Driver: James D. Zellers, 38, Columbia Street, Warsaw. Driver struck deer. Damages: up to $10,000
Friday, Oct. 18, 7:49 p.m. SR 15 near Union Street, Claypool. Driver: Derek M. Bruner, 23, Ferguson Road, Warsaw. Driver struck deer. Damages: up to 5,000
Friday, Oct. 18, 4:44 p.m. Packerton Road near 225 South, Warsaw. Drivers: Rochelle L. Ferrolino, 30, Park Ridge Road, Warsaw; Todd E. Engle, 48, Country Club Road, Warsaw. Ferrolino collided with Engle. Damages: up to $10,000
Friday, Oct. 18, 4:50 a.m. 200 North near 800 West, Warsaw. Driver: unknown. Vehicle left the roadway and rolled into a ditch, causing damage to a barb wire fence and several posts. Damages: up to $25,000
Friday, Oct. 18, 1:27 a.m. US 30 near 250 East, Warsaw. Driver: Richard A. Opelt, 69, Thorpe Drive, Peru. Driver struck deer. Damages: up to $2,500
Silver Lake Police Department
Officers of the Silver Lake Police Department recently investigated the following accidents:
Saturday, Oct. 19, 7:32 p.m. SR 15 near 950 South, Silver Lake. Driver: Daniel B. Miller, 67, Wren Street, Elkhart. Driver struck deer. Damages: up to $5,000
Warsaw Police Department
Officers of the Warsaw Police Department recently investigated the following accidents:
Sunday, Oct. 20, 9:02 a.m. SR 15 near Dogwood Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Michelle L. Dials, 41, Oak Street, Warsaw. Driver struck deer. Damages: up to $10,000
Saturday, Oct. 19, 9:52 p.m. SR 14 near 450 West, Silver Lake. Driver Mark A. Weller, 56, SR 14, Silver Lake. Driver struck deer. Damages: up to $10,000
Saturday, Oct. 19, 5:06 p.m. Center Street near Cleveland Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Marilynn J. Rickard, 81, EMS R4 Lane, Pierceton; Martin B. Sacks, 65, 700 South, Warsaw. Rickard ran a red light causing a collision with Sacks. Damages: up to $5,000
Friday, Oct. 18, 11:38 p.m. Lake City Highway near Parker Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Gino T. Sherrod, 52, Vista Drive, Beloit, Wis.; Kelly P. Steed, 49, County Road North, Milton, Wis. Sherrod rear-ended Steed. Damages: up to $10,000
Friday, Oct. 18, 3:50 p.m. Commerce Drive near Old Road 30, Warsaw. Drivers: Nicole R. Lewallen, 19, SR 25, Mentone; Fenlei F. Chang, 60, Inverness Lakes Drive, Fort Wayne; Kimberly A. Cochran, 24, Warbler Lane, Warsaw. Lewallen rear-ended Chang, pushing him into Cochran. Damages: up to $10,000
Friday, Oct. 18, 2:30 p.m. 3000 block of Commerce Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Laura L. Curtis, 34, Yvonna Street, Leesburg. Curtis backed into a parked car. Damages: up to $2,500