Area Accident Reports
Silver Lake
Officers with the Silver Lake Police Department investigated the following accident:
3:25 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, North Jefferson Street, Silver Lake. Drivers: Lynn E. Miller, 63, SR 15, New Paris, and Gabriel L. Furnish, 40, Hurshtown Road, Spencerville. The trailer on Miller’s vehicle struck the side of the Furnish vehicle as he turned his vehicle to leave the parking lot. Damage up to $5,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
4:16 p.m. Thursday, May 21, Lake City Highway, west of North Parker Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Sherri A. McElroy, 39, South Elm Street, Columbia City, and Alec N. Lee Haines, 18, Maye Street, Warsaw. Haines complained of pain to his back. McElroy’s vehicle struck the back of the Haines vehicle. Damage up to $10,000.
4:12 p.m. Thursday, May 21, East Center Street, west of Eastlake Drive, Warsaw. Drivers: Jacob A. Rude, 27, East 11th Street, Rochester, and Mary L. Pratt, 54, East Lake Street, Laketon. Rude was treated at the scene for a complaint of pain to the head. Pratt complained of pain to her lower right leg and was transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital to be seen by a doctor. A passenger in Pratt’s vehicle, Eva M. Pratt, 84, East Lake Street, Laketon, suffered a laceration to her forehead and injury to her lower left eye area. Rude was westbound in the left lane and turned his turn signal to go into a parking lot. Another vehicle motioned for him to turn, not seeing the Pratt vehicle which was eastbound on Center Street, causing the collision. Damage up to $10,000.
3:05 p.m. Thursday, May 21, Fisher Avenue and Rozella Road, Warsaw. Drivers: Rosemary Trump, 65, South CR 300E, Claypool; Austin L. Metzger, 24, West CR 1400N, North Manchester; and James A. Griffard, 46, Iron Bridge Road, Cicero. Griffard complained of pain to the neck and was transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital. Trump, northbound on Fisher Avenue and disregarded the traffic signal at Rozella Road, driving into the path of the Metzger vehicle. Metzger was eastbound on Rozella, attempting to turn left onto Fisher at the time of the collision. The force of the impact spun the Trump vehicle causing it to hit the Griffard vehicle. Damage up to $50,000.
1:31 p.m. Thursday, May 21, Oak Pointe Crossing, Warsaw. Driver: Maranda Barnett-Reed, 22, Lismore Drive, Goshen. Reed experienced steering failure as the vehicle entered a curve, causing her to hit a parked vehicle, registered to Patrick M. Swain, Oak Pointe Cross, Warsaw. Damage up to $10,000.