Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers from the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
8:43 p.m. Monday, Jan. 4, East CR 1250N west of North CR 2000E, Cromwell. Driver: Paul C. Leal, 34, Holiday Lane, Cromwell. Leal lost control of his vehicle and it left the roadway, rolling onto its top. Damage up to $5,000.
2:56 p.m. Monday, Jan. 4, 6772 N. SR 13, North Webster. Drivers: Jay P. Holle, 20, West CR 325S, Larwill, and Kathy L. Close, 61, EMS W14B Lane, North Webster. As Holle was backing out of a parking space, his vehicle collided with Close’s. Damage up to $5,000.
6:11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 4, East CR 75N and North CR 225E, Warsaw. Driver: Victoria W. Jackson, 24, North 175E, Warsaw. Hit phone pedestal. Damage up to $2,500.
9:05 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3, West US 30 and North CR 700W, Atwood. Driver: Dennis J. Leist, 61, West CR 600N, Huntington. Hit deer. Damage up to $10,000.
Syracuse
Officers with the Syracuse Police Department investigated the following accidents:
3:42 p.m. Monday, Jan. 4, East Pickwick Drive and South Huntington Street, Syracuse. Drivers: Christian F. Koher, 67, North Medusa Court, Syracuse, and Audra M. Bartman, 43, North CR 700E, Warsaw. Koher turned right at the stoplight and his vehicle collided with Bartman’s oncoming vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.
11:45 a.m. Monday, Jan. 4, West Chicago Street east of South Syracuse-Webster Road, Syracuse. Drivers: Kathy A. Smith, 58, West North Street, Syracuse, and Joseph C. Miller, 39, North CR 750E, Syracuse. Smith pulled out of a private drive and her vehicle collided with Miller’s. Damage up to $1,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
7:58 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, Lake City Highway west of East Old Road 30, Warsaw. Drivers: Tiffany A. Soto, 29, East CR 1000N, Syracuse, and Marietta Sweetheimer, 91, East Old Road 30, Pierceton. Sweetheimer braked for a vehicle that had stopped abruptly in front of her and Soto’s vehicle rear-ended hers. Soto was given courtesy transport to Kosciusko Community Hospital, where she works, and agreed to go to the emergency room to be checked for injury. Damage up to $5,000.
7:49 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1210 Provident Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Matthew N. Mauk, 43, West Old Road 30, Warsaw. Hit parked car. Damage up to $5,000.
1:36 p.m. Monday, Jan. 4, 2211 E. Center St., Warsaw. Drivers: Leroy R. Rapp, 85, North CR 175E, Warsaw, and Richard E. Yoder, 82, East CR 450S, Warsaw. Rapp’s and Yoder’s vehicles collided in the parking lot. Damage up to $10,000.