Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
12:22 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, North CR 150W and West US 30, Warsaw. Drivers: Benjamin D. Bergman, 20, South CR 400E, Claypool, and Jonathan P. Hoppus, 30, Oriole Drive, Warsaw. Bergman’s vehicle turned in front of Hoppus’s and they collided. Both drivers refused medical treatment. Damage up to $50,000.
12:04 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, West Old SR 30 and Zimmer Road, Warsaw. Driver: Andrea A. Cochran, 18, West CR 200N, Warsaw. Swerved to miss a cat and struck several mailboxes. Damage up to $2,500.
6:53 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, South CR 400W and South SR 25, Warsaw. Driver: Dylan T. Sturgill, 24, East CR 300N, Warsaw. Hit deer. Damage up to $2,500.
3:04 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, South Packerton Road and East SR 14, Warsaw. Driver: Elizabeth A. Denton, 28, SR 13, North Manchester. Hit deer. Damage up to $5,000.
2:13 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, EMS B84 Lane and North Sullivan Road. Driver: Joseph D. Griffith, 17, EMS B20B Lane, Pierceton. Ran car off road on a curve and hit a utility pole and mailbox. Damage up to $25,000.
5:41 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, North CR 800W and West CR 850N, Nappanee. Driver: John D. Zimmerman, 26, North SR 19, Etna Green. Struck a utility pole. Damage up to $10,000.
3:57 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, East CR 800N and N CR 400E, North Webster. Driver: Ashley M. Henwood, 18, North CR 500E, Syracuse. Henwood swerved to avoid a dump truck and overturned in a bean field. She suffered minor injuries and was transported to the hospital. Damage up to $5,000.
2:48 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, West CR 900N and North CR 700W, Nappanee. Driver: John R. Chupp, 25, East Plymouth Street, Bremen. Chupp lost control of his vehicle and turned over in a yard. Chupp was knocked unconcious and did not remember the accident. He was transported to Community Hospital of Bremen. Damage up to $5,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accident:
9:16 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, South CR 250E and Lake City Highway, Warsaw. Drivers: Soloman Burkhart, 82, Pennsylvania Street, Palmetto, Fla., and Lynn O. Robert, 27, South Arnold Street, Roann. Burkhart was waiting to make a lefthand turn past a row of stopped traffic, when another driver waved him on. He proceeded and his vehicle was struck by Robert’s oncoming vehicle. No injuries were reported. Damage up to $2,500.