Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
9:48 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, South SR 15 and West CR 350S, Warsaw. Drivers: Kevin C. Bell, 49, South Freedom Parkway, Winona Lake, and Jeff D. Gable, 51, North CR 300W, North Manchester. Gable died of internal head injuries. Passengers in Bell’s vehicle: Vickie L. Hepler, 55, South Freedom Parkway, Winona Lake, complained of pain to the chest and Michael Bell, 12, Pheasant Hills Court, Valparaiso, complained of pain to the elbow/lower arm, both were transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital. Bell pulled his vehicle into the intersection in front of the Gable vehicle. Gable’s motorcycle struck the front driver’s side of Bell’s vehicle. Damage up to $25,000.
7:42 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, East US 30, west of South CR 450E, Warsaw. Driver: Matthew T. Persons, 38, West Arlington Place, Chicago, Ill. Hit deer. Damage up to $10,000.
8:18 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 26, East Wooster Road, east of South CR 325E, Pierceton. Driver: Robert C. Kalin II, 30, East Van Ness Road, Pierceton. Deer hit the side of his truck. Damage up to $1,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accident:
2:12 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 29, North Detroit Street, south of East Center Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Mary A. Musick, 58, McPherson Street, Elkhart, and Alfred P. Dorell, 77, North Lake Street, Warsaw. Musick’s vehicle struck the back of the Dorell vehicle. Damage up to $10,000.