Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accident:
5:38 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24, South SR 15 and West Union Street, Claypool. Driver: Marceil A. Kemper, 54, South SR 15, Claypool. Deer hit side of vehicle. Damage up to $10,000.
North Webster
Officers with the North Webster Police Department investigated the following accident:
11:11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 25, North 925E and East Ponderosa Drive, North Webster. Drivers: Lrene A. Westphal, 72, Red Eye Drive, North Webster, and Richard J. Zydek, 59, West CR 350S, Pierceton. Westphal suffered contusion/bruise to the knee/lower leg and Zydek complained of pain to the shoulder/upper arm. Both refused medical treatment. Westphal was on Ponderosa Drive and had slowed down preparing to turn. As she was beginning to turn she saw the Zydek vehicle and pressed the accelerator instead of hte break. Zydek attempted to avoid a head on collision and went off the road, but the vehicles collided. Westphal was cited for not having any insurance. Damage up to $10,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
10:26 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 25, Husky Trail north of Whitetail Run, Warsaw. Driver: Miranda L. Moore, 18, East Levi Lee Road, Warsaw. Moore southbound on Husky Trail, when the driver’s side wheel came off. Damage up to $1,000.
1:46 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24, Commerce Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Sharon J. Oradat, 71, East Wesley Lane, North Webster, and Richard A. Kinney, 75, North 850E, Pierceton. Oradat was driving through the parking lot of Aldi and did not see the Kinney vehicle, which was in the blind spot of her vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.
11:14 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24, Frontage Road, and East Lake Drive, Warsaw. Drivers: Lois A. Click 74, Lakeview Drive, Winona Lake. and Timothy J. Stout, 48, South Sunrise Circle, Warsaw. Click was eastbound on Eastlake Drive stopped at intersection at Frontage Road and thought it was her turn. She did not see the Stout vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
9:15 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 23, Walton Boulevard., Warsaw. Driver: Anita J. Burkholder 41, South CR 450W, Claypool and Ting R. Zhen, 72, Hawthorn Drive, Warsaw. Burkholder was backing from a parking space after waiting for another vehicle to exit a parking parking area at the same time the Zhen vehicle was pulling into a parking space behind the Burkholder vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.